--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> On Jan 24, 2007, at 2:58 AM, TurquoiseB wrote:
>
> > --- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin"
<jflanegi@>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> The guy is a loser and a liar. The reason I respond so
> >> forcefully to his bullshit is that by constantly denigrating
> >> Maharishi and Guru Dev, Vaj creates a condition of mistrust
> >> and argument on FFL.
> >
> > The reason Jim is responding as he has been the last
> > two days is that he's trying to cover up post #128848,
> > in which he essentially stated that if he believes some-
> > thing (in this case, that two people he's never met
> > are/were enlightened), it's an indisputable, unassail-
> > able fact, and thus lost all credibility as a rational
> > being.
> >
> > Vaj has his faults, but all in all I prefer them to
> > religious fanaticism, which is the level that Jim has
> > descended to recently. I've written Jim off...he now
> > resides in the same category of sock puppet as sparaig.
>
> Yeah he's been in my spam filter for a while now since his posts
> started appearing rather unbalanced and off the wall.
>
> With imbalanced awakenings, there's always hope a person retains
the
> wisdom to seek help before it's too late and I wish him the best.
> Unfortunately with unusual awakenings--esp. "waking up alone"--if
> there's an imbalance it often just gets worse as there's no
authentic
> teacher to guide the student. It's one thing to provide a
technique
> that awaken shakti but it's quite another to know what to do when
she
> takes an errant path.
>
First, Barry, thanks for excerpting at least some of what I said so
that the faux-Buddhist can see what I said to him. Faux-Buddhist: I
am familiar with the strategy of calling someone crazy as opposed to
dealing with what they said. Keeps you in your comfortable little
faux-Buddhist box. You apparently prefer darkness to light- keep a
tight lid on.