On Apr 24, 2011, at 9:20 PM, Rick Archer wrote:
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Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] What is waking down?
On Apr 24, 2011, at 8:11 PM, Tom Pall wrote:
> Every time Alex or someone else mentions Waking Down I go google
it. I find websites which talk about about Waking Down but never
give the high concepts. Would someone kindly state the high
concepts of Waking Down for me? It appears Eastern in origin,
repackaged into Western idioms and of course it's transformed
zillions of lives. That's all I've been able to glean. I assume
Waking Down wants to differentiate itself from waking up. How does
it do that?
Bonder was a follower of Adi Da, Da Free John, Bubba Free John, Da
Love Ananda, etc.
To find out where Bonder's approach comes from, look at Bubba's
"radical, nondual, crazyman" message
If you actually listen to what he has to say, you’ll hear that he
left Adi Da because he felt that continuing to associate with him
compromised his integrity, his sense of morality, honesty, etc. I
don’t know much about Adi Da, but I found Saniel to be a very
honest, open guy, willing to admit when he was wrong, to revise his
thinking and approach as his understanding and experience mature,
etc. In other words, a spiritually mature fellow.
I'd suspect it was that way with many Adi Da students. When your guru
starts putting out cigarettes on women's bodies as a teaching lesson,
it doesn't take a huge amount of spiritual maturity to know "it's
time to move on" and put on your running shoes (or at least call your
attorney).
