No, didn't push buttons, just making a point and giving an opinion. For me, what you say there and now is just pure ego. Why would you even need to push buttons?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@... wrote: > > "Just think of those posts of supposedly enlightened > egos here who shout I AM ENLIGHTENED, GET IT!! Well, IMHO that is spiritual > superego." > > Um, my *exact* phrase, was, "I AM ENLIGHTENED AND DON'T YOU EVER FORGET IT, > BARRY!" Pushed his buttons good! LOL, and possibly yours...:-) Have a nice > day! > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, navashok wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: > > > > > > Good for oxes and morons? Well I'm not an Ox in Chinese astrology. So > > > that only leaves...(-: > > > > > > > Cosmic ego, maybe? I think that was actually Maharishis expression, was it? > > Or was that cosmic accident? > > > > Share, for all what I know of you - I rather see your comment as > > lighthearted and humorous - I don't group you with the dogmatic and > > fundies. > > > > That was srijau and he already got some flak. I guess his 'opinion' is > > something that grows in a spiritual mono-culture. For me, being out of it > > for decades now, this is rather some curious strange phenomenon, which I > > still remember, but I wonder at that sort of spiritual naivety, the almost > > innocent exhibition of ego. Is it really like this? Are there really many > > people in the movement, who believe this? I guess there are. But to anybody > > outside the mono-culture of the movement, this will only lead to > > eye-rolling. > > > > Don't get me wrong, I appreciate Maharishi for what he did, I appreciate > > his role in popularizing meditation for the mainstream in the west, at our > > generation, I admire how he helped many people to make a major turn toward > > spirituality, again in our generation, lots of stories of a lot of people, > > myself included. > > > > But then I wonder at the unreflected exhibition of ego as in srijaus > > remark. ANY belief of 'My Guru/Hero/Avatar is the greatest of all time, far > > greater than any known historic person' is just that: plain materialistic > > ego projected on a spiritual ideal. > > > > Ego is something we cannot avoid, even if you are enlightened, there will > > be still a relative ego to take care of your body and survival. That I > > comment on this, I couldn't do without ego as well. But the ego in the > > enlightened will be one, where there is detachment from it. Once the ego > > claims the spiritual progress as it's own, it leads to a spiritual > > Super-Ego. It instrumentalizes the spiritual rather than surrendering to > > it. Now that's the critical point, where I think a lot of people fail. Just > > think of those posts of supposedly enlightened egos here who shout I AM > > ENLIGHTENED, GET IT!! Well, IMHO that is spiritual superego. > > > > Contrast that with the comment of Anandamayi Ma which was recently posted > > here about unity consciousness. Does this make sense to you? > > > > > ________________________________ > > > From: navashok > > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > > Sent: Wednesday, February 6, 2013 3:46 AM > > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Rama,Krishna, Buddha are nothing > > > > > > > > >  > > > I think 'universal ego' is an oxymoron. > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: > > > > > > > > Good one, Mr. Soss and so happy to see that Nabby brain was not addled > > > > by recent pic of Russell and Dalai Lama whose initials btw happen to be > > > > the exact same as David Lynch.àI think it's a sign (-: > > > > Anyway, also thanks for recent crop circle offering.àIt was > > > > beautiful. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > From: nablusoss1008 > > > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > > > Sent: Tuesday, February 5, 2013 4:53 AM > > > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Rama,Krishna, Buddha are nothing > > > > > > > > > > > > à> > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, navashok wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, srijau@ wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > there are nothing when compared to Maharishi and what he has done. > > > > > > > > > > Let me guess.. creating the biggest spiritual egos? > > > > > > > > Correct, universal egos :-) > > > > > > > > > >
