--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Feb 2, 2007, at 1:26 PM, Rick Archer wrote: > > > > > > So let me throw the ball back in your court: was Mahesh's behavior > > acceptable and normal? > > > > > > > > If you're throwing it in my court, my simple answer is "no," no > > more than it would be acceptable and normal for a shrink or M.D. to > > seduce his patients. Many of the women were traumatized and > > spiritually disillusioned by the experience, as were others, such > > as his personal secretaries, who found out about it. > Yeah, that's my take as well. >
There are three women "on record" sort of. Not really "many". "L" saw it as a postive thing, or at least not traumatic, as I understand. "J" had disillusioned times, adjustment time, and time of longing to be back with him, as far as i understand. Not "tramatic", or not substantlly more so than the the dynmaics of many seperations, and ending of relationships. Loosely said, many break-ups of relations are "tramautic". Does that make relationshipd inherently bad? I am not defending MMY's sexual actions, but I am simply commenting on the observation that I have not seen in posts today much criteria that distinguishes his actions from a large number of relations: "not normal or accepted", caused one or both partners trauma at the breakup, etc. Thinking about "accpeted" actions. Per various vedic and tantric lit, it is my understanding that oldeer man and younger woman is a norm, and quite accepted. Part of the dynamics apper to be a rejuvination -- a recharging of energies (of both). I have to admit there appears to be something to that. Just being in the company for an hour or so, non-sexually, just conversaton, with a vivacious, funny 20ish year old girl transmits what I can would say is "lots of shakti." Your mileage may vary. In many Latin, Asian and European cultures older man and younger woman is quite "normal" and cccepted. And if a vedic purist adheres to the accepted and normal standards of his tradition, and is not concerned with "new standards" of the "ignorant", how do you unravel and deconstruct the ethnocentrism of the views that older man / younger woman is abnormal, unaccpetable and perverted?
