--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <curtisdeltablues@...> wrote: > > Rory: > Curtis, of course -- can tell with such utter > > > > certainty that my entire spiritual life has been phony. > > From another post: > ...Now it appears you may somewhat agree with > > Curtis, who saw me as a Neurolinguistic-programming, > > form-running charlatan. > > Me: > I wanted to drop in to comment on the idea that I think of > Rory as a phony or a charlatan. I do not. My view of people > who have the kind of experiences that Rory has shared is > more nuanced than that.
So you might not agree that the response following this quote from Rory accurately represents your views? > > If I make a specific appointment with someone to work > > with them privately, real-time, in person or by phone, > > then no, not any more; I am sorry! For those who are > > in Fairfield, I set aside most afternoons to play > > Bananagrams and to talk with people, and I am > > generally available then for free if anyone wishes > > to speak with me there. And we can correspond by > > email and facebook for free. > > That must be where you perfected what Curtis > called your Neuro-Linguistic Programming robot- > speak. Having now experienced it, I cannot help > but agree with his description. :-) And then later you say: > Another big plus in my mind about Rory is that he values rapport > here as I do. I remember our interactions very positively. He > came off as willing to interact with someone skeptical about his > conclusions about his own experiences. Maharishi certainly was > never open to that kind of dialogue and interaction. What about this quote, especially the last two lines? > Some people seem to like that sorta thing, especially > those who are searching for some guru to "Beam me up, > Scotty." I don't care for it much, and tend to prefer > people who don't speak according to preset formulas. > I am NOT suggesting that you *consciously* speak/write > this way, BTW, just that you've been doing it so long > that you speak/write that way out of habit. > > Curtis and I have had many offline discussions about > this kind of spiritual schtick, and I've learned a > lot from his studies of Neuro-Linguistic Programming. > But the bottom line is that neither of us sees much > benefit in interfacing with a 'bot any more.
