> > It would seem that these kinds of back-sliders would > > at least offer a public apology and refund the money > > to all those poor students that they lied to for all > > those years. But have you seen any indication that the > > two Barry's, Rick, or anyone else are considering giving > > a refund on a broken promise? I haven't - maybe I missed > > > > I mean, if these kinds of people believe in karma, > > they are surely going to hell for a long time for > > supporting and diseminating a dangerous cult and > > taking money from the poor. > > > Don't be silly. Why would you "go to hell" for > engaging in activity that, at the time, seemed > perfectly reasonable and in fact was quite good. > There's nothing good about the intention to tell people that they would reach enlightenment in 5-7 years, when any intelligent person would know that's not going to happen. You're not going to get any more enlightenment than you are going to get, is the truth.
> It is only in hindsight that our take on a situation is > different. If the intent was good, and I'm sure it was > with both Rick, Curtis (both whom I know personally) and > the two Barrys no "bad" karma can be generated. It's all > in the intent. > So, I didn't miss your apology. You mislead the poor people when you promised them enlightenment in 5-7 years, so just return their money, and say you're sorry. You did keep a list of their names, right? You keep a list of your current patient's names and you'd refund their money if you told them some crap about repeating the nick-names of the Hindu demi-Gods to avoid neurosis, right? But, why should anyone believe a thing you have to say now after misleading them for all those years - that's the question you didn't answer.
