--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, t3rinity <no_reply@> wrote: > <snip> > Now > > suddenly everybody here is full of respect for bhakti, why otherwise > > this topic *never* comes up in any of your or Irmelis posts. Love of > > Guru, appreciation of a teaching, dedication to a certain cause is > > without exception ridiculed here on this board by people like you. > > Not only that, but frequently people are ridiculed as > True Believers *because their intellectual arguments > are better*. Rather than go to the trouble of > rebutting an argument that supports a point of view > that challenges the True NON-Believers' ideas, the > TNBs slap the TB label on those presenting the > argument as if that automatically rendered it null and > void.
In addition, the same people who use this term constantly, and obviously show no appreciation of traditional values of Guru disciple relationship, talk about topics like 'mind-mapping' as if this was some kind of exotic technique. (I don't like the term 'mind-mapping', I'd rather call it 'heart-mapping', because that's what it really is). Yet, this whole depends on surrender, trust and appreciation of the Guru *once he has been selected* (Of course you may question and test your Guru in all possible ways *before* becoming a disciple). Trust, confidence are matters of the heart, and not of logical deduction. It also means that you value matters of mystical experience, and internal association higher than outward appearances, which is often the subject of tests. Therein lies a certain strenghth of trusting ones own experiences and intuition, and giving up one's own egoistic desires. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/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/
