--- In [email protected], t3rinity <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Irmeli: My conceptual > > framework is actually modern psychology. I have studied very little > > of the eastern traditions. In the guru relationship I actually see > > the child/parent relationship put on stage, to be able to as an > adult > > to go through the incomplete and stagnated individualization > process > > of a child.
t3rinity: > It has many components. The Bhagavatam counts nine different > relationship to ones spritual preceptor, child/parent being one of > them. It also can be friend, Lover, master, or even you are the parent > and god is the child. Anandamayi Ma used to call herself 'your child'. > Whatever it is, it needs to be deep in order to be transformative, and > I doubt if western psychology is the ideal tool to determine it.You > would judge it from a wrong and incomplete perspective, even though it > may play its role sometimes. > > So, easily people get carried away, not really knowing or > understanding the background of something, and condemning it. Irmeli: I wouldn't call it being carried away if I express my understanding of guru relationship and of the possible abuse of that relationship. It is not condemning,it is discussing, being in a dialogue. If somebody disagrees, he can express his understanding of the topic and that way help me understand better the nuances. I appreciate very high the freedom of thought as long as its purpose is to express one's true understanding even if it might be limited. Irmeli > therefore. 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/
