Barry carefully deleted the rest of what I wrote because it panicked him. I pointed out that some folks may have plenty of spiritual experiences but simply not want to write about them on this forum. A bit of logic that interferes with his pronouncements throws Barry for a loop.
Some experiences are just too delicate and personal to share, for one thing. For another, not everyone thinks they're defined by their spiritual experiences. Others don't feel the need to inflate their self-image by boasting about how evolved they are. In any case, Barry reveals below what he really thinks: Not only is writing about spiritual experiences a competition in his mind, but such writing is subject to actual criticism. No wonder folks don't want to buy into that perverted view of spirituality. BTW, everything Barry says about me below is factually incorrect, except for my not having met Maharishi and not having become a TM teacher (as if that would say anything about my spiritual experiences). I reiterate what I said earlier: Barry isn't interested in others' spiritual experiences, he's interested in having something with which to browbeat the people he doesn't like--even though he has to use the same rap he's hauled out so many times before. That's all this is (as his comments demonstrate). > Jesus, Barry, CHANGE THE DAMN RECORD. How many times do we have to read this > same rap from you? Pay attention, folks. This is the sound of someone panicking. :-) She knows that she cannot compete on a spiritual playground in which the players have to talk about their personal experience (she has none), and well (she can't write worth a damn, and is actually *afraid* to try, because that will open her up to criticism she cannot abide). Besides, she's afraid to compete on a playground in which the goal is to PLAY, not "win." Expect more of her stuck-in-her-head BS, folks. You ain't gonna get no personal experience stories from her, for what should be obvious reasons. The person who tries to present herself as an "authority" here 1) never met Maharishi, 2) never became a TM teacher, 3) never did shit for the TM organization or to spread its teachings, 3) has rarely ever left her tiny apartment in New Jersey and thus 4) has nothing to write about, 5) if she were able to. In other words, expect more of the same -- the venom of an angry old woman, lashing out at the world because *she* wasted her own life in the pursuit of pettiness. Others here probably have stories of their actual experiences, because they had some. I look forward to hearing them...
