--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" <reavisma...@...> wrote: > > Raunchydog, I understand the point you're making in your post re Vaj, but > it's an incorrect portrayal of my opinion of him. > > It did take several readings for me to understand what he was saying in the > lines you quoted (below), but that was mostly due to the combination of > individual terms that I don't have the occasion to use frequently, and the > fact that I don't deal often with philosophical and religious terms. Once I > slowed down, however, and put it together word-by-word, it was a very clear > and complete expression of his point of view. > > I may not agree with that view (which doesn't mean that my view is correct), > but I have high regard for Vaj's learning and sincerity and it seems apparent > to me that he is both well-read in meditation techniques and spiritual > practices, and personally experienced in a number of different applications > of the spirituality he has pursued. I regard him as an authentic guy. >
Authentic, sincere, or not, he clearly doesn't have a correct understanding of Transcendental Meditation as taught by MMY. > > Marek > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" <raunchydog@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" <raunchydog@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajradhatu@> wrote: > > > > > <snip> > > > > > > Also one of the dangers associated with over-reliance on > > > > > > introspected meditation alone. Without some practice of > > > > > > open-eyed meditation and integration, the subtle dualism > > > > > > created by constantly withdrawing into oneself virtually > > > > > > guarantees a transcend and deny type outcome of some > > > > > > sort. > > > > > > > > > > No, it doesn't. Guess you never took SCI, huh? > > > > > > > > > > SCI 101: Meditate and act, meditate and act. It's > > > > > the alternation that does the integrating. > > > > > > > > Geez, Where does Vaj get this stuff? TM is a > > > > dangerous "instrospection meditation" and it creates > > > > subtle dualism that guarantees a transcend and deny > > > > type of outcome of some sort?" Gibberish. > > > > > > Vaj excels at gibberish. It's as if he has lists of > > > esoteric-sounding nouns and verbs and adjectives, many > > > in Sanskrit, and he chooses one from column A, one from > > > column B, and one from column C to put together in a > > > sentence. Nobody understands what the freak he's talking > > > about, so they think he must be just tremendously > > > knowledgeable. But most of the time *he* doesn't know > > > what he's talking about either. > > > > > > Did you see his earlier comment on the Perennial > > > Philosophy? He really has his gibberish machine cranked > > > up today. > > > > > > > Judy, Thanks for the tip on Vaj's post. All I can say is, Wow! What a > > mouthful of pretentious baloney. > > > > Vaj wrote: "I'm sorry to say Marek, but I feel illusion of a philosophia > > perennis as a continuing thread of generic gnosis, same-awakening, across > > time, as some universal spiritual awakening (for different human-folk) to > > be totally imaginary and anti-inner-anthemic. It goes against the grain of > > the fact that we're all unique, each holding his/her own mythos, our own > > Rig Ved (but not a synthetic thought-plane projection of our imaginings of > > 'that')." > > > > Vaj: Marek, you dummy, I know more than you do and to prove it, I'll dazzle > > you with expert whack-off wankery. > > > > Marek: What the hell are you talking about? > > > > Vaj: See how smart I am? > > > > Marek: All I see is an asshole. > > >
