Would it be too much to ask you to learn how to format a post, Vaj? All you have to do is learn how to hit the enter key at the end of each paragraph.
Vaj <vajradh...@...> wrote: > On Jun 3, 2010, at 10:16 AM, Duveyoung wrote: > > > For you folks who think that Dan's suicide was crazy nuts and are > > rather high strung about how New Agers are waxing on about Dan, I'm > > asking if you see that that's a religious position. Meaning that > > you're displaying values which, like religious values, are matters > > of faith much more than fact. > > Actually from a practical perspective, human life is precious, > therefore it's not something to be wasted. You're also interrelated > to other beings who, even if they don't depend on you financially, > depend upon you emotionally at some heart level. > > > > > I have, say, three, four, five and who knows how many more theories > > about what happens after death, and given your alarm about Dan, the > > atmosphere for discussion here is seriously dampened. Edification > > here? Sure.... > > > > Why would anyone try to get closure here with some sort of framing > > about Dan that they can abide with? No matter the theory, someone > > here is sure to stompsmashshit on it. This is not a healing place > > now is it? > > Suicide is generally not a healing act. The exception of course being > people in terrible pain and/or a terminal illness. I do not believe > either of these apply to Daniel. > > > > That's the bane of FFL -- you have to be a fool to post anything > > that your heart is (perhaps temporarily yes) resonating with. > > Or maybe you're just having a having a hard time after being sucked > in by another TM Org poseur? After all, people like Dan would find > their perfect target in old believers who are still clinging on to > some desperate hope that some TMer out there really did benefit. TM > works! I was enlightened just like Marshy said, with a couple > flourishes thrown in from some old Ramana I read! > > Then when the rug is pulled out from that idea--unless you > rationalize suicide somehow as a selfless or beneficial act--you're > left to either accept the grim reality of unenligthenment, or try to > rationalize it. >
