--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, zarzari_786 <no_reply@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, zarzari_786 <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > According to Maharishi and according to tradition this > > > [losing Unity Consciousness] is not possible. In this > > > case it wasn't fully established. > > > > Either that or it never happened in the first place. > > > > That is, from everything that has been reported here > > that I've read, the entire episode sounds like a > > classic case of NPD/hypmania augmented by moodmaking > > and a desire to become the focus of other people's > > attention. > > Barry, I am with you on this. Not to the exact type of > diagnosis, I am not a psychiatrist. I would call it a > borderline personality, these people can be very > intelligent. I don't like it to be blunt like this, > especially, since the person is here on the board. it > is also not meant to be a put-down, these persons > can't help it. That is why I said, there is no use > discussing with someone, who will be unable to change > his mind, no matter how smart he argues. > > From the very first reading of RWC I got this impression, > and expressed it to somebody here. Whatever I read, hear > about the whole case confirms my opinion. According to > occam's razor, it is more likely he had a mental > disturbance, which is known to have similar symptoms than > enlightened states, than a fall from a real enlightened > state. There are too many congruences, like all this > demon/false devas stuff that permeates his whole history. > It's all throughout, pre- and post supposed unity. All > the channeling stuff, like obviously 1945, it's really > all rather typical for some schizophrenic disorder. > That's my opinion. I cannot know everything, and if > I am wrong, who cares? > > > I've seen it happen before to other "gurus" who set > > up shop based on self-announced (and never verfied, > > even by their own teachers) "enlightenment." > > > > The thing that causes me to believe in this theory > > is the fact that RWC refuses to even consider it, > > even as a possibility. *His* subjective view is the > > only possible explanation. That's pretty much classic > > NPD/hypomania. > > Of course. He is smart enough, he makes everyone either > follower (or admirer) or opponent. (black and white, ask > Curtis) In reality he is a poor and old guy, who's > illusions were shattered. I don't really find any mystery > about him, I rather find the fascination mysterious, he > has for some people, intelligent people at that.
Exactly. The real issue is not RWC, but those on this forum who have been taken in by him. That's just scary.
