"From the little I know of Rory he seems a sweet and gentle soul. And he doesn't deserve to be abused."
Rory was abused - by whom, when, where, how? Dear Ann - I seriously hope you are not referring to me. I was rude and harsh - on purpose, because the nature of religious delusional beliefs are such, they are very deep rooted, people have so much emotional, psychological investment in it and I cannot leave them unchallenged. I am known to be abusive, but not in this case since as you say Rory is a sweet and gentle soul. But there weren't but sweet and gentle souls around Amma and many on this list as well and I had to be harsh and rude. Of course I am not rude and harsh to everyone - if it's a friend I'm still going to challenge gently and firmly (of course I don't call their beliefs delusional but in my mind I do) and I have challenged however hard and uncomfortable it is to me. Trust me I don't particularly enjoy it. In this case Rory is not particularly a close friend and I preferred to chose the rude, harsh way. The only person I have given a free pass is a 64 year old Jewish gentleman named David around Amma, I met him after my mystical experiences in 2009 - I very much got attracted to David-ji. I consider him as a father figure and he was in charge of cleaning Amma's temple and I helped him and used to obey him unconditionally, first time in my life following the orders of a man in my personal life. So he may talk about Amma as Divine Mother and I give it as pass though I may address it in a roundabout way. I told him I attacked Amma online and he just laughed because he knows me and has seen me as the mad, crazy yogi, an iconoclast who challenges people, mocks people beliefs, push people's buttons. This challenge comes up even as I deal with family members - my dharma, responsibility to love, support them as a son, as a brother, relative vs my need to challenge people's delusional beliefs - it's not easy, I have to assess moment to moment. So there I hope this explains that somehow. Even if you were to come tomorrow come up with a narrative for spiritual experiences, a philosophy I will challenge it Ann even though I like you very much, but obviously gently and firmly. Same applies to any other friend of mine, I am not going to let any religious delusional belief go unchallenged. On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 9:00 PM, Ann <awoelfleba...@yahoo.com> wrote: > ** > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@... <no_reply@...> > wrote: > > > > The party continues...and parties need music... > > > > Bringing you da freshest! > > > > This one is dedicated to Rory, who is truly one of my BFFs, even if I > may agree to disagree with him on the protocol for handling dipsticks. > > > > Tuning Into Vedic Radio (3:30) > > > > https://app.box.com/s/2hx2rylk73cy5vi8p1ot > > > > copyright Temple Dog 2013 > > Well then, Rory is blessed with a good friend in you, Doc. From the little > I know of Rory he seems a sweet and gentle soul. And he doesn't deserve to > be abused. Now I'll listen to your song, and thank you. > > > > >
