Turq, This is $450. an hour advice offered for free. Ron if you can get over the normal defensive reactions and hear any of this it would be a real siddhi. Post of the week for me!
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ron" <sidha7001@> wrote: > > > > **Here is one excerpt from my gurus writtings: > > > > As Ramana melted within Arunachala > > obedient and surrendered and never did > > he leave his Guru's side. He came amidst all > > obstacles and Surrendered to it's wisdom > > as Shiva. He stayed once home without ever > > a thought of leaving. > > Ron, > > As sweet as you seem to be, and as inspired as > you obviously are by your new path, this is all > starting to get really repetitive and tiresome > and well, somebody's got to say so. > > You seem to get a bit compulsive with your post- > ing whenever anyone around here suggests that > one doesn't "need" a "guru". You launch into post > after post after post after post telling us what > "my guru" and Ramana and any other authority > figure you can think of says about such things. > > Give it a rest already. > > The person who "needs" a guru is YOU, dude. You > can't say two sentences without invoking the holy > words "My guru says..." in front of some sentence. > And frankly, if you are the *product* of "finding > a guru," I want nothing to do with it. > > I kinda prefer having my *own* thoughts, and > being able to answer someone's questions with my > *own* words, and making my *own* decisions about > my life and my path through it. > > "Your guru" has, as far as I can tell, turned you > into a Class-A wuss who is now terrified to think > for himself. You really *can't* do anything but > repeat her words ad nauseum to other people, seem- > ingly hoping to convince them to join you on the > Path Of Being Unable To Think For Oneself. > > I honestly don't think you're going to find very > many "takers" for this sales spiel here. All we > have to do to measure its worth is watch how > distraught and defensive you get whenever anyone > suggests that someone may have realized their > enlightenment *without* a guru, or that someone > is even doing well without a guru. Dude, to be > honest, that says more about *your* needs than > it does any universal "need" for a guru. > > You've been sold a bill of goods. You've been > told that you "need" someone's guidance to find > who you really are, and who you always already > have been all your life. > > You post here about how Maharishi couldn't poss- > ibly be enlightened because he feels "restricted" > if he's not safely inside a S-V building. Well, > dude, it really seems to me that you feel awfully > restricted unless you're safely inside the aura > of some guru telling you what to do and what to > think at all times. > > If that gets you off, more power to you and I > wish you well on your Way. But I don't think it's > going to lead you where you think it will. I've > watched your language over the last few months > become *more and more* dependent on your guru, > and *less and less* able to express anything that > sounds like someone I'd like to get to know. Much > less buy anything from. > > So don't *sell* so hard, man. In the world of > spiritual teaching, the "brochure" one uses to > sell with is *oneself* -- how one thinks and acts > and speaks. Your "brochure" consistently shows > someone who has almost entirely lost the ability > to think for himself, and who has been reduced > to prefacing almost everything he says with, "My > guru says..." While I understand that you may see > this as a positive thing, I'm not sure that you > understand that others here may not see it that > way. > > Whatever. Continue doing your thing, and being > a missionary for your guru, if that gets you off. > But y'know...if after a few more months or years > of this you find that the savages you're preaching > to haven't been flocking to buy what you're selling, > you might give some thought to reworking the sales > brochure. >
