--- In [email protected], Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on 5/12/05 1:35 PM, Irmeli Mattsson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > For this kind of guru-disciple relationship to persist, the guru has > > to be distant. In a close daily contact the idealization would > > collapse rather fast. > > Honest gurus actually acknowledge this. Ammachi has told followers that if > they get too close to her, they may be disillusioned.
**** That is really fine. The fact is that many people are needing gurus as objects of idealization. When a guru is taking upon this role consciously and graciously with a humble heart, it serves an important function in a way that can minimize the pain of awakening. Irmeli 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/
