nuttin' wrong w/Ravi, turq. Dude is cool, always has been. Wuzz da pro'lem??
You don't acknowledge self realization as anything special anyway, so you can't have it both ways, can't push against something that according to you does not exist. And if that's your game, you're a troll - not that there's anything wrong with it. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, maskedzebra <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > Whoa. Now you got me thinking I should have JUST NOT > > SAID ANYTHING AT ALL. I mean in reply to Ravi Yogi. > > A valuable lesson learned. You will have occasion > to draw upon this cosmic knowledge later if you > stick around. There are others on this forum who > also deserve neither your attention nor a reply. :-) > > They shall go unnamed in this post because you'll > figure out who they are soon enough. > > > Still, bless him—I think his love for his guru (Amma) > > seems genuine. > > I was never a part of the TMO when you were around > and doing your thing, but from what others have > said here, you might have felt that the things you > were saying then and the claims you were making > then were sincere and genuine, too. Now, in retro- > spect, you might not think the same of them. > > > But the threat to my self-prestige (my necessary egoism) > > seems to have come to nothing after reading this. > > That's the thing about the folks on this forum who > are into this form of behavior. Their credo seems > to be "Bash thy enemy's ego so that they will react > *the way I would* if someone bashed mine." The thing > about this credo, however, is that it falls apart > if one merely "considers the source" and laughs off > their taunts as the demonstrations of attachment > they are. Some wise man once said, "Living well is > the best revenge." My version of this is, "Ignoring > the pissants as if they don't even exist is the > best revenge." Doing so feeds their fears of impo- > tence and that nothing they say or do makes any > difference at all. > > > Those Indian gods, they play their music on the instruments > > of human beings. > > Either that or they don't exist at all, and every- > one just plays their own music. Some play well, and > others...uh...not so much. :-) > > If you're really curious who was trying to push your > buttons, use the Advanced Search feature on the FFL > web version and look up the name he was posting under > when he first landed here, 'Ravi Chivukula'. Warning: > if you peruse some of his posts from June and July > of 2010, you will see a psychotic meltdown the likes > of which you may never have seen, even in Fairfield. > He got a little attention from Rick's BATGAP inter- > view and got really, really bent behind it. It got > to the point where most posters here were calling > for some kind of psychological intervention, out of > fears for his sanity and his ex-wife's safety. > > And you know what the really scary part was? Even at > the height of this meltdown madness, there were prob- > ably a few people here who believed that he was > self realized, *for no other reason than he had > claimed to be*. > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, 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). > > > > > >
