Alternate measures...

[cheeni]

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Money is a very accurate measure, the more zeroes the merrier.

Alternate lifestyles too have measures. The most popular of alternate lifestyles - the pious life, has a long documented history of keeping count.

St. Francis Xavier found his measure by converting more heathens to the faith than any one ever before. The warriors and kings of the crusades kept their count using decapitated heathen heads.

Can a lifestyle that does not keep count succeed?

Comments

Re: Karma Yogi

[karbak.livejournal.com]

It really isn't my term to define. I used it in its generally accepted sense of detachment from the fruits of one's efforts. You asked for a alternate lifestyle that has a chance of success without a metric needing to be constantly evaluated to measure said success. I offered an option that many would say has stood the test of time :). Of course, one could argue all karma yoga does is swap out immediate goals (and consequent attachment to measures of progress) for the long-term goal of achieving salvation (moksha).