tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045974015063151919.post9050264593994151471..comments2023-03-31T06:04:35.239-04:00Comments on Radical Seeks Enlightenment: Top 5 confusing things on my radarTechie Trannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00634528686046930438noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045974015063151919.post-84132074603428860552008-01-17T20:37:00.000-05:002008-01-17T20:37:00.000-05:00SRS isn't about conformity; it's about feeling com...SRS isn't about conformity; it's about feeling comfortable in your body. Kate Bornstein speaks of hir transition that ze "just wanted to be sexy." And...not all transgender people who identify with a binary gender want surgery. There are people content with being men with vaginas and women with penises.Hezaahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13460490508576917629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045974015063151919.post-11998799162466590742007-12-22T11:31:00.000-05:002007-12-22T11:31:00.000-05:00Having a lack of material to work through can be a...Having a lack of material to work through can be a connundrum. On the one hand I've very happy not to have a lot of the issues I see in the world around me (rage, hate, greed) and to have lived a life without trauma or hardship.<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, the teachers tell us that to understand kindness, we must first know pain. We should use our own suffering as a springboard of compassion towards others.<BR/><BR/>In Buddhist mythology we are told of hell realms and heaven realms. We are warned that though the heaven realms are full of pleasure, we should aviod them. The beings in these realms care nothing for enlightenment or the plight of others because they have known so little of suffering they cannot even relate to its existence in the world. Whether you buy into the mythology of not, I think the message is clear.<BR/><BR/>I struggle with this ideas as they relate to my cushy life. I often think I could do more to help the world - go rebuild homes in the Ninth Ward, feed children in Africa, fight for women's rights in India - but a part of me is far to attached to my cushy life and afraid to expose myself to that kind of hardship and danger. Another part of myself argues that I will be more effective by staying the course I have set and finishing my education. Yet another bit s just confused and no small part apathetic. What could I possibly do? How could I possibly help?<BR/><BR/>In the end I think the best we can do is the best we can do, working with the material we are giving and living each moment of each day as best we can. <BR/><BR/>Hang in there.Monicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03489993418924786293noreply@blogger.com