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Originally Posted by badgoodDeb
I wonder if one is allowed to be a modern monk. I could enjoy a life of solitude -- but I'd really like to have my modern toys and gadgets (computer, Kindle, iPhone4, etc....) And having virtual friends! Well, okay - all of you are actually real, but since we'll probably never meet the friendships are ethereal, if not virtual. 
[ as in "ether" the stuff that carries information ] |
there's a place in NEw MExico where lay people can live the monastic life for set periods of time... week/s, month/s, year/s. some even join the order without going through the whole priestly dealio.
there's a convent on one of the San Juan Islands that raises sheep, makes goat cheese, spins the wool and so on. I've often thought it would be a wonderful place to go defuse. but the foundations would probably crack when I stepped foot inside