> > Sorry, Barry, but it seems to me he was a > > master hypnotist. > > I was wondering the same thing. I know of one western lama who saw a > Hindu teacher do all sorts of amazing things only to find out later > he had been hypnotized. For a number of reasons this carries that > quality to it. Was that the reason no one was allowed in his private > library?
Huh? That last bit is just someone's conspiracy theory. I've been in the man's personal library a few times. There was nothing much in it but books, the same books you probably have in yours, none of them on hypnotism. The thing is, Vaj, anyone can rationalize away *anything*. It happens every day. What makes you think it doesn't happen in spiritual circles? Chances are there were originally 24 disciples of Christ, but the other 12 got scared when they were exposed to things they couldn't easily explain, so they went the route of finding con- venient "explanations" to explain them away. "He didn't *really* walk on water. We were just hypnotized." The naivete here of people who think that showing the siddhis to someone would convince them that they exist is astounding. IMO it would convince about 10% of the people, the same percentage who would be convinced of their existence just by hearing about them. The other 90% would find a convenient "explanation" for what they saw, and then forget the experience entirely. Either that or become part of the "anti-siddhi-hypnotism" squad, and devote their lives to convincing others that no such thing as siddhis exist. It's just human nature, Vaj. You're doing it now, I did it while they were being performed in front of my eyes. It's just what happens. Unc 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/
