Ravi and Judy and Robin all understand each other perfectly. Some things just make sense.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Chivukula <chivukula.ravi@...> wrote: > > Curtis's time tested strategies > > OFFENSE > > 1) That's a lot of ill-will > 2) You are full of malice > 3) This is meanness > 4) This is lot of Weird energy > > DEFENSE > > 1) It's all opinion, POV > 2) I'm just riffing > 3) It's just a writing prompt > > > > On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 3:57 PM, authfriend <authfriend@...> wrote: > > > ** > > > > > > None of what you write here (as you know) has anything to > > do with my post, Curtis. > > > > For you act all outraged is pretty funny considering that > > all I did was quote from your own two posts. I didn't > > write a word of my own, so there was nothing of mine that > > *could* have influenced Robin, nothing of mine that you > > needed to inoculate him against. > > > > Did something about what I quoted make you uncomfortable? > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > > > You have such trouble with nuance combined with your obsessive need to > > *get* people. The fact that Robin could have been experiencing a mental > > breakdown is not off the table for me, nor should it be. I am saying that > > we don't know, and that in the context of spiritual groups this question is > > not raised so we never know. And what if some attention could have as Robin > > said, saved him from years of pain? > > > > > > On the other hand, the lack of Maharishi's care for someone who even > > thought he was in the state his techniques provoked shows how little he > > respected or cared about his students. > > > > > > As I said to those whose reading is not through squinty, gotchya eyes, > > there is a 3rd possibility that his state is interesting but misunderstood > > by spiritual traditions. > > > > > > You are acting like a malevolent little trollish twit, not adding > > anything to the discussion. If I didn't want to make sure what you wrote > > didn't influence Robin's view of what I wrote I wouldn't have bothered to > > respond. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <authfriend@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > <snip> > > > > > I hope you get that I am not tying to use this discussion > > > > > as a veiled form of "Robin was crazy". > > > > <snip> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [...] there is no real distinction given the poetic > > > > > > > looseness of the language, between the so called higher > > > > > > > states and people who are high functioning but suffering > > > > > > > from mental disorders which manifest in this kind of > > > > > > > belief. > > > > <snip> > > > > > > > So Robin had his internal shift and was never evaluated > > > > > > > to see if these experiences were the "real deal" other > > > > > > > than a short time in casual conversation with Maharishi > > > > > > > where very vague poetic terms were exchanged. And > > > > > > > certainly no one got a psych exam, right? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Until the spiritual community has a way to distinguish > > > > > > > this kind of claim as the real, real, real, seriously > > > > > > > the real deal, even within its own system compared to > > > > > > > the many versions of this conclusions drawn by people > > > > > > > suffering from serious mental disturbances, the whole > > > > > > > thoery of higher states will not be taken seriously in > > > > > > > mainstream society. Nor should it be. [...] We already > > > > > > > have too many people making this claim while holding an > > > > > > > AK or strapped with bombs. > > > > > > >
