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As far as I know monastic life is not really work-free or worry-free. It's still a society with a lot of baggage. You are even expected to work for free and don
by themihai 5y ago
As far as I know monastic life is not really work-free or worry-free. It's still a society with a lot of baggage. You are even expected to work for free and don't question the authority of the "upper-class".
The only chance to be "free" would be to live in a very remote area, alone. That's a tough life but at least you don't have any answer to anyone.
- boringg 5y agoWell you do answer to Nature but it isn't a person per se. I would imagine part of enjoyment of Monastic life is surrendering to those in charge of the Monastery. Good point about monastic life, it is always idealized but as with most things in the cosmos reality deviates.
- themihai 5y agoI doubt that Nature says that only males are allowed to enter. Unless you are a hermit and live in solitude (which is not the case on Athos) you still have to answer to the community members and obey the community rules which very are often made to favour specific members of the community.
- mc32 5y ago>"The only chance to be "free" would be to live in a very remote area, alone" That's the route Daniel Shellabarger [aka Daniel Suelo] took[1]. He quit his job and went to live life as a hermit/hobo in the Am-Southwest. It's not an easy life --most people would not take that deal, but maybe for him it is. It's very ad-hoc and with very little regimen. [1]https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/03/homeless-by-choice-how-to-live-for-free-in-america/254118/ https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/03/homeles...