I am being tormented by pangs of jealousy Curtis - hence the ill-will, the malice, the meanness, the weird energy I project towards you. You don't have to rub it in - its painfully obvious to me - I just can't stop so you have to just deal with it.
How I wish I were you, earn the loyalty of a mature, wise, compassionate Barry; the unconditional love of an innocent, pure hearted Share and the support of someone intelligent, insightful like Steve. Yeah I'm cursed - some things just don't make any sense. On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 4:29 PM, curtisdeltablues < curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com> wrote: > ** > > > 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. > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
