Turq's presence here as a cautionary tale is useful though. The separate ego, or attachment to the isolated self, pays a really heavy price for its insistence on being as Turq ironically says, "the bestest".
Notice how many regular posters here have now commented on Turq's set-ups and stories that invariably end with him in the driver's seat, calling the shots, getting it down better than anyone else? This is what seventhray was referring to when he said that all of Turq's stories begin differently, but end in the same way. That is because all of them have the same objective - TO EXALT TURQ. Turq may truly be unaware that this is occurring, since the separate ego feeds on ignorance - it can only exist with its wrapping of stories and justifications as long as its host is both in fear and ignorance. I apologize for singling you out Turq, though your actions here recently have served as a crystal clear learning experience for anyone curious about the detrimental effects of the ego when it is ignorant of its true nature. :-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seventhray1" <steve.sundur@> wrote: > > > > > > At any rate, I wish him the best. > > > > I said nothing about leaving. > > Nor did Steve say anything about your leaving. > > I merely rapped > > about aikido and posed a couple of theoretical > > questions, which have already been answered > > several times since I made the original post. :-) > > No, they haven't. That post was itself an attack, > as is this one; and obviously your second question, > whether "they" have anything else to say, hasn't > been answered in the 4 1/2 hours since you made > your original post. > > But you'll never become an attacker "in absentia" > unless you *do* leave. > > You left yourself an out: "...any posts *specifically* > criticizing TM, Maharishi, or them" (emphasis added). > You'll continue making "nonspecific" attacks that are > designed to let everyone know what and/or who you're > referring to (just as you've been doing for some time). > > BTW, if you really *did* want to avoid criticism, > you'd start being truthful--on even non-TM topics-- > as well as refraining from any attacks, specific or > otherwise. This post isn't a good start in the > direction of honesty either. >
