--- In [email protected], Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on 4/10/05 2:00 PM, easyone200 at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:> > > > > I had few blissful experiences the most powerful one was during a puja. Does > > this mean I > > don't think he is a crook? No. > > I don't have a problem with believing that he has been a crook in addition > to having made great contributions to my life and the world, by virtue of a > genuine abundance of consciousness and spiritual wisdom. Contradictory > qualities, I know, but unfortunately it seems the two can and often > (usually?) do coexist. > > >I think we are all capable of generating these > > experiences > > within ourselves. They are extremely powerful. > > True, but certain people and atmospheres can be more conducive to generating > them than others. > > > These gurus take our spiritual yearning and pervert it for their own > > selfish > > sick desires. > > True, and if they're doing this consciously it seems pretty bad to me. I > mean, a young virgin less than half your age comes to you seeking spiritual > guidance and you end up screwing her repeatedly. She's sort of into it at > the time (probably totally confused) and later hates your guts for it and > loses all interest in spirituality. Seems pretty sick to me. > > > I thing > > Brigante wins the > > prize on this group for the most complete disconnect from the reality of > > Maharishi's > > actions and who he thinks he is! OMG a web site devoted to how M is ok and > > those around > > him are responsible for all the bad stuff of the TMO. I think he even has > > footnotes. It is > > probably a daily struggle for him and causes him much heartache (I'm sure he > > will > > disagree.) > > I think he will, because he probably manages to insulate himself from > heartache as he manages to insulate himself from accepting obvious, > well-documented interpretations of things. Maybe the two are the same > process. > > >I am sure there is the occasional guru figure that has good > > motives and tries to > > do something for people. I don't think this happens very often because they > > would not try > > to be gurus and specially revered if they were not egomaniacs or > > pathological > > in some > > way. > > That's like saying all politicians are egomaniacs or pathological or they > wouldn't be politicians. Almost a truism but I think there are a few good > eggs in both fields.
Less than a few IMO. Good luck in finding them. A wacked out nut job guru is a big price to pay for " certain people and atmospheres." I'll light my own incense, thank you. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
