---In [email protected], <punditster@...> wrote:
Judy:
> I pointed out that some folks may have plenty of spiritual
> experiences but simply not want to write about them on this
> forum.
>
Let's see, how many times did I ask Barry about what it felt like to witness
Rama's levitation event? That would surely be an earth-shaking spiritual
experience! Instead, Barry writes about French cafes and posts comments about
other people's spiritual experiences. Go figure.
Sometimes I wonder what Barry's spiritual experiences, if any, were really
like, or even if he has thought about them much. Why would a non-believer even
want to talk about a "spiritual" path or "spiritual" experience in the first
place? Didn't Barry used to say that these unusual events were just common
everyday experiences, no big deal, a big whoop?
One could spend days and weeks finding holes in what Barry tries to pass for
logic. The guy is so contradictory, such a hypocrite that finding flaws in what
he tries to pass off as creative and interesting writing is like shooting fish
in a barrel - the only difference is that fish are smarter.
But nice job with your post here, Ricky. You managed to bring up a couple of
relevant inconsistencies. Bawwy won't take kindly to you having pointed these
out.
On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 10:27 AM, <authfriend@... mailto:authfriend@...> wrote:
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...
