Great de-lurk, Bob. Deserves a reply. --- In [email protected], Bob Price <bobpriced@...> wrote: > > Enough is enough Turq, don't you realize MZ is a celebrity. The > kind we rarely see on FFL. Its like Bevan, Charlie or Jerry > decided to grace us with their presence, someone who actually > did something in the TMO. > > To name just a few highlights the MZ's CV includes: > > 1. His UC was confirmed by the Rish himself, in front of a > large group of witnesses, and then, in a court of law, declared > invalid.
Cool. I'd love to hear details. The very concept of a US court of law declaring a state of consciousness invalid makes my curiosity glands salivate. I mean, that's up there with China declaring reincarnation illegal, unless they approve it first. > 2. Author of 11 books. > > 3. Been the subject academic research > > http://www.scribd.com/doc/23659916/Sacred-Schisms-How-Religions-Divide > > (chap 13) > > 4. Successfully started his own cult, which included experienced > initiators. Why am I not surprised? :-) > 5. Actually took on the movement, unlike a lot of the complainers > on this blog. We shall get to this later. > 6. Met the Ayatollah > > 7. Actually had a confrontation with the man who commercialized > confrontation. > > and so on.... > > Turq, please don't get me wrong. I've been a confirmed lurker > on FFL for over a year and your writing is one of the things > that brings me back when I start getting bored (although I > suspect your writing would be better described as re-writing > which as we all know is what good writing is). I fully admit to ideas reincarnating from time to time in my mind. However, every time I give voice to them, it's a new voice. Not once on this forum have I inten- tionally set out to rewrite something I've written before. The very thought of that would never occur to me, because ideas do. That some of those ideas may deal with the subject of previous ideas I do not deny. But in another sense they're original every time. > So holy jamoli we finally get a real celebrity and you and > others turn your formidable guns toward scaring him off. That was never my intention, as I suspect even MZ knows. I was just trying to clue him in a little to the saloon nature of this place, and that expecting people to react to him the way they might have in the past just wasn't likely to fly here. > My goodness, is he that threatening. He's just a zebra, > granted he's masked. As a completely gratuitous aside, have you ever wondered what product would show up if you scanned a zebra like they were a bar code? :-) For the record, I'm not suggesting that anyone here curtail their exchanges with MZ. I'll probably read many of them, just to see how the latest instance of this trend plays out. I cannot promise to be interested enough to comment on them. > Robin, please don't pay attention to this type of rudeness. I > don't think for a moment any of your detractors on FFL could > take on any of the characters you've taken on. Here's the reason I replied to your post. Why would they want to? Wouldn't you have to be pretty sold on your personal version of Truth to want to argue it with someone, famous or not? Just sayin'... > Just ask yourself the question, 'whose story would Hollywood > buy, mine or Turq's'? Have you read Road Trip Mind? Just kidding. :-) > Hollywood buys conflict and I know of few people in the New > Age that survived more conflict than you did. Granted Turq > could probably get hired as a screenwriter in Hollywood but > we all know how writers are treated in that town. Not well. Got to know a few of them during the time I lived in Malibu. Most of the good ones are working for TV like HBO or Showtime or Starz now. They find it a much more creative environment than movies. > Your story actually has commercial value and anyone who spent > time with the Rish knows the value of a good story. I do so hope that this isn't a final drive-by post, Bob. You've got a touch of Oscar Wilde in you. > So MZ, if you're planning to launch a new cult I'm your man. > I think there's still a bundle to be made. Weak management > may have been the problem last go round. > > Also MZ, unlike a number of the FFL Jackals that have have > been chasing you around the Savannah, I have a bunch of > quesions for you. > > For starters: > > What are your thoughts on the Saraswati mantras, where do > you think he got them? > > And Turq, to quote the Twain, "Sorry this is so long, I > didn't have time to make it shorter." Great quote. I didn't know that one. It is duly copied and consigned to the file I keep on my computer of great quotes.
