Hermits, Mendicants, Contemplatives and Mystics

[Jhanananda]

Thank-you, Michel, for the links to hermits.  I read them all, and thought of my years in the Inyo.  I modified your post so that you could see how links are embedded, in case you were interested.

[Michel]

I modified your post so that you could see how links are embedded, in case you were interested.

OK, thanks, Jhananda. I've figured it out. It sure looks pretty in comparison.

[Cal]

I modified your post so that you could see how links are embedded, in case you were interested.

OK, thanks, Jhananda. I've figured it out. It sure looks pretty in comparison.

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[Michel]

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What does that symbol mean, Cal? It looks like a pussy cat face. 

[Cal]

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What does that symbol mean, Cal? It looks like a pussy cat face.

Well, more like lifted eyebrows, light hearted smile haha

[Michel]

Well, more like lifted eyebrows, light hearted smile haha

Well now I know what you mean.

So I hope that you are feeling better, Cal. You seem to be having a rough time. I wish I could help you with a few words of wisdom, but I have none. Maybe one day though.

[Cal]

Well, more like lifted eyebrows, light hearted smile haha

Well now I know what you mean.

So I hope that you are feeling better, Cal. You seem to be having a rough time. I wish I could help you with a few words of wisdom, but I have none. Maybe one day though.

That's quite alright, Michel. I wouldn't say things have gotten any better but I have gotten to a place where I can see them through.

[Michel]

It's good to hear that, Cal.

[Jhanananda]

Here is the home of Jason, a local mendicant friend.

[Jhanananda]

Here is Friar Rodney Burnap, a local mendicant friend.

[bodhimind]

I find it funny how he does the same pose as Plato/Socrates - a finger pointing upwards. Or St John, as drawn by Da Vinci... or the Last Supper.

[Jhanananda]

Many of the saints of the Catholic Church are depicted in this pose.  I have known Rodney Burnap for about 5 or 6 years.  It is my interpretation of his behavior that he is very self consciously expressing himself as a saint; however, he does not lead a contemplative life.  He is just a devotee of fundamentalist Christianity; however, he does get that Jesus was a Nazarite, which is a mystic, but he is not willing to consider at this time that the Gospels have been traditionally mistranslated in this regard.

[Alexander]

Good catch, bodhimind, of the pointing heavenward gesture; it looks like Raphael and Da Vinci both used it around the same time, and Jacques-Louis David used it again in the 18th c.