> > Am I alone here in seeing this fascination with a > > traveling scam artist who can generate a little > > shakti as a sign of desperation? > > Judy: > You may or may not be alone, but you sure are > reading a whole lot into it, aren't you? > Don't be so hard on him - there's probably not much to do on Saturday night where Barry is right now. > Looks to me a lot more like a sign of curiosity > as to what's going on in Fairfield. > Some people just feel better when they have someone to talk to, Judy.
> > I mean, isn't it a sad commentary on the 40-year > > history of the TM movement that after all this > > time the few lingering True Believers get all > > excited by 1) an experience that is considered > > elementary in most other spiritual traditions, > > and 2) still Somebody Else's Experience. > > > > All these years, all these decades, and people > > are still getting their spiritual jollies *second > > hand*. > > Actually, I find the seeming compulsion of the True > Nonbelievers to denigrate not only whatever it is > Trivedi is doing and how Fairfielders are > experiencing it, but also the interest FFLers are > taking in it, considerably more fascinating and > revealing. > > It can't be allowed to just be what it is, it seems; > it has to be portrayed in a negative light. > > That's apparently how the True Nonbelievers get > *their* jollies (even the self-styled Tantrics). > They don't call him 'Uncle Tantra' for nothing! > Which means they're getting theirs *third*-hand. > > <snicker> > Probably getting theirs *left-handed*. <snort>
