--The five years was possibly influenced by Jerry Jarvis, since it took him 5 years to reach CC (he said that's how long it took him) in a 1967 lecture) at UCLA.
- In [email protected], "Richard J. Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > 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. >
