Whoa. Now you got me thinking I should have JUST NOT SAID ANYTHING AT ALL. I mean in reply to Ravi Yogi. Still, bless him—I think his love for his guru (Amma) seems genuine. But the threat to my self-prestige (my necessary egoism) seems to have come to nothing after reading this. Those Indian gods, they play their music on the instruments of human beings.
--- In [email protected], turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], Vaj <vajradhatu@> wrote: > > > > > > I believe Ravi did an interview at Buddha at the Gas Pump where > > > he talked about his enlightenment. > > > > > > http://batgap.com/ravi-chivukula/ > > > > It is worth pointing out that as far as I remember > > Ravi has since said on two different occasions that > > his entire interview was a put-on, and that he was > > taking advantage of Rick's naivete. I don't remember > > the exact messages in which he said this, and don't > > consider him worth my time to look it up, but I'm > > sure someone could if they wanted. Just providing > > this information to help you know who and what > > you're dealing with. > > Someone looked it up, found one instance, and sent > it to me. It was from post #279237. When dealing > with Ravi, consider the source, MZ... > > Me: > > > To date, like MMY, Jim has NOT demonstrated anything to > > > back up his claims that he (and other claimants to the > > > throne of enlightenmentitudeness) is "special." He seems > > > to me to be the most ordinary of human beings, someone > > > who at one point in his life grew tired of being a nobody > > > and figured out that if he just made a bunch of claims to > > > gullible people, a certain percentage of them would treat > > > him as "special," just because he claimed to be. Same with > > > Ravi. He, too was an absolute nobody until he suckered > > > Rick in with some parroted spiritual bullshit and a similar > > > claim to be self realized. > > Ravi: > > Again enlightenment is nothing about feeling special or > > demonstrating anything, though some of them do which is > > entirely optional. > > > > You are at least partially right about me - I totally > > suckered Rick into an interview, my story ended long > > time back. I'm just a liar making up stories since I > > have no more stories left to project. I make up new > > stories to engage in playful fun to make fun of > > pimps(egoistics) like you totally fascinated with their > > whores(intellects) and can't seem to entertain the > > possibility of a life outside the 'hood(small self). >
