--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rory Goff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <jflanegi@>
> wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "hugheshugo"
> > > <richardhughes103@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I have reached a conclusion on the Hitler conspiracies, I
> > > > think it's all caused by fear. Fear that if Hitler wasn't
> > > > possessed/in league with aliens/ the devil etc. then he
> > > > must have been closer to us than we like to admit. Just
> > > > a man. How close to his madness are we? That, I think,
> > > > is the fear that drives this.
> > >
> > > Bingo.
> > >
> > > The higher the "pedestal of evil" folks place Hitler
> > > up on, the less they have to deal with the possibility
> > > that he was Just Like Them.
> > >
> > So, you don't do this, therefore you are Just Like Hitler???
sounds
> > terribly confused Turq...but, uh, sieg heil anyway I suppose.
> >
> > > I actually see it as the *same* phenomenon as put-
> > > ting one's spiritual teachers up on "pedestals of
> > > good." The "further away" folks make them, the less
> > > they ever have to deal with what these teachers
> > > teach. The more they can make these guys "special,"
> > > the more excuses they'll have to avoid realization,
> > > because they're not *as* "special."
> > >
> > Huh? Are you just dancing here, or what?
>
> Oh, I don't know; I'd say he's pretty close here -- his main hang-
up
> seems to be he still thinks samadhi is "special".
>
could be-- of course its all of a piece, isn't it? if he takes
[false]ownership of 'his' samadhi, and owns the action; usurps the
bliss for himself, then he will consider it special, extraordinary
even. Unfortunately, the flip side of ownership is loss.
