> If that is the case, why do you write whiny-child "I'm a victim" crap > like the following, which appears under your name on trancenet: >
I'm sure I don't understand you. To say the Maharishi lied, which I believe he did, does not portray me as a victim as far as I can see. One can object to the unethical, immoral, hurtful, dangerous, etc. actions of another -- particularly a public figure -- without being victimized. Wouldn't you agree that calling the Catholic Church to task for their actions over priest molestations is a good thing to do? Being a victim, to my way of thinking, involves blaming another for damage WITHOUT taking responsibility for making a change in one's own life. I don't think I've ever advocated anything like not taking responsibility for the direction of one's life -- no matter how abused one has been in the past. But who knows? I've written tens of thousands of words in the last 13 years on these subjects. I know there are contradictions in what I've written. I know I've changed my character, opinions, and actions greatly since I first started publishing in anger on the old AMT or trancenet.net. I can't change the past. I *can* apologize and make amends as best I'm able. And if you point out a contradiction or hurtful action, I'd make it my responsibility to apologize and make amends. In the present. J.
