--- In [email protected], Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't think the term "incest" is overkill. The relationship between a guru > and his disciples is, or can and should be, very profound and emotionally > intimate. From my perspective, it is a sacred relationship and should be > pure. It is ultimately the guru's responsibility to keep it that way, since > he, by definition, should be "established" enough to be above temptation. If > he is not, then he is not a first-rate guru, and is probably not qualified > to guide others to enlightenment. If he violates the sacredness of the > guru-disciple relationship, the psychic/spiritual harm it may do can easily > be as damaging as incest.
P.S.: And it's *particularly* odious to refer to a spiritual teacher who engages in sex with his (adult) followers as a "pervert" on the basis of the phrase "spiritual incest," especially without explaining that basis up front, which is what Vaj did on alt.m.t. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
