--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > When are you going to admit to yourself why you post here?
I post here because I'm utterly fascinated by the machinations of cults and religions and spiritual groups. I'm a student of comparative spirituality; I read books on the subject constantly, and I'm currently working on two different books of my own on the subject. This group provides me with a wealth of data for both. Also, this group contains some really, really nice people -- the kind of folks who have weathered the ups and downs of the TM movement and many others and come out of that roller-coaster ride unscathed, with their sense of hope and spiritual aspiration intact. That is rare, and I treasure it. It's always a pleasure to read a post by someone who, given their life experience, has had every excuse in the world to become jaded and give up on the spiritual quest, but who hasn't. Occasionally I like to read the posts here to see the extremes that True Believers will go to to avoid dealing with what *they* are really upset about. That's where you fit in. :-) And the most important reason I read this forum and post to it is that there are some genuinely funny people here. I know (given recent posts of yours) that you really don't "get" the importance of having a sense of humor -- and a fairly bizarre one at that -- in spiritual practice, but many here do. In general, most of the funny ones have paid their spiritual dues along the Way (often a fairly gnarly Way), and their sense of humor, like their hope, has survived intact. Equally in general, those regular posters who have *not* paid their spiritual dues tend to be a tad humorless, and strive constantly to be taken "seriously," without ever having earned it. I prefer the funny ones. Occasionally -- but IMO too rarely -- you fit into the funny group as well. I honestly believe that you'd be a lot happier and have many fewer problems with your health and with your compulsions if you focused more on being funny and less -- *much* less -- on being taken seriously. Clearly the latter approach isn't working, because so few people do take you seriously. But of course you won't believe a word of this, right? Like others here, you're convinced that you "know" the "truth," and that I am "lying" about my "secret motives" and my "agenda." May that conviction and that "knowledge" bring you great joy. Posting here several hours a day certainly doesn't seem to have done so... 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/
