Edg, great stuff. I'm totally in love with you. And totally agree about Rick.
Thanks. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Rick, > > I gotta tip my hat to you for keeping whatever it is you got going > that folks like The Purusha Guy trust enough to, you know, actually > deign to "communicate" with you (us.) Even though this guy probably > cannot be "reached" by any reasoning or experimental > results-to-the-contrary-of-TM-dogma, to me, it's nice to bump up > against these little "touches of the movement" now and then -- like > they were tarantulas in a petting zoo. > > I think the mindset expressed by this guy is chilling, and yes, I > practiced that very mindset for decades. This practice improved my > skills greatly -- in fact, even today, I could still write a much > smarmier and haughtier piece than this guy's work, below. It's like > riding a bike, eh? > > Hell, I told all my initiates that, "Yes, on average, in about 5 - 8 > years, one can reasonably expect to have enlightenment just around the > corner if not fully blossomed." I had been meditating for less than a > year but I was teaching TM, and oh so sure about those nuclear bombs > of truth -- "5 - 8 years to freedom," and "deeper rest than sleep can > achieve" -- and I was no slouch when it came small arms fire either as > I sold that "even in a few days one can notice profound results." > > Hey, in the jungles of Africa, a village medicine man can shake a bone > at someone, and everyone in the village knows that bonified guy is > going to die, and sure enough the guy dies. So, who was I to NOT make > those promises which I spoke almost verbatim (we all memorized > checking notes, puja words, puja meanings, puja actions, 1st and 2nd > lectures, 3 days checking, 10 day follow up) cuz those were the words > of an enlightened saint didn'tchaknow, and so fershure they would come > true. > > Then more swiftly than an Arjuna arrow can pierce a demon's heart, 29 > years passed, and there was I with 2,000 people I had taken money from > by selling these fantasies to them, and I was the proud owner of a > ruined life with > > no fucking enlightenment, > no worldly success roaring under me like a beloved pet tiger, > no visions of Guru Dev thanking God for creating me, > no person on Mother Divine or Purusha who could hover, > no old folks kicking their heels and doing 360's on skateboards, > no birds alighting on my shoulders whispering messages from Saint Frances, > no marvelous psychic insights, > no vaunting wisdom, > no movement leaders finally maturing into obvious masters, > no kids planning on staying forever near utopian Fairfield's hearth light, > no TM business people with ethics towards their employees, > no fucking nothing except the fucking over by an ancient "Hindu > promise machine" that, go figure, found out that its marketing > techniques worked on hippies with trust funds. > > Honesty is such a lonely word. > Everyone is so untrue. > Honesty is hardly ever heard. > And mostly what I need from you, Maharishi. > > And to think all my failure could have all been avoided if I had been > forewarned about "doubt." > > I firehosed doubt's least spark in my or my family's life, but I gotta > tell ya, ain't nothing seeing King Nadar's crown for a lethal dose of > doubt. > > I fought da doubt. > And da doubt won. > > I'm only a man with one brain, and the movement's tsunami of disdain, > avalanche of greed, and deep impact of hypocrisy done did me in. > > But hmmmm, maybe I should get me a jar of honey and bring back big > bombast and become a bumblebum for Bevan. Say that aloud three times > fast. > > Now, let's get something straight FOR THE REST OF TIME. > > Here it is: After 29 years, I still have that fucking anger, > undissipated, and it's muscling me around like a ventriloquist's dummy. > > I'm confessing here. My lizard brain wasn't calmed down after all that > time, but I'm betting that The Purusha Guy will go out on the streets > today and promise every manner of protection from the evils of the > body and mind. And he'll gladly take not just your initiation fees > but also every other dime you or your family or your child's college > fund has, and then, if you complain about lack of results, he'll kick > you in the face and say, "You doubter!" > > Now that's evil. That's cruelty. That's enough for me want to take > this guy's smirk off his face with a custard pie. > > Why hell, if I'd hit a punching bag for as many times as I took the > mantra, I'd be a freaking martial artist master, but, in my astral > mirror, my soul still looks like a pasty ass geek with a psychic body > that looks like it could be bested by even a Scientologist or Mormon. > I didn't even get spiritual muscles out of the deal. > > If I'd done ANYTHING ELSE as much as I did that mantra, I'd be world > class in that anything. ANYTHING. > > Now here's the best part of this: TM IS A WONDERFUL TECHNIQUE -- it > evaporates identification. How ironic that it is sold as a way to make > identification enjoyable! > > Rick, I'm worried for you. You're taking one for the team on a > regular basis when you have folks like this putting stuff inside yer > brain. > > All hail Rick! > All hail Rick! > All hail Rick! > > Edg > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <rick@> wrote: > > > > This was from the friend (whom you call "The Purusha Guy" but who is > > actually married) with whom I've been having that discussion. > Evidently he > > shared our discussion with a mutual friend, whose identity I'm not > told, as > > I shared it with all of you, and then forwarded that friend's > comments to > > me, as I've forwarded some of yours to him: > > > > > > > > > > > > Doubt, Disappointment and Rejection are most damaging to the nervous > system > > (Maharishi said). > > > > > > > > In considering the intrapsychic mechanics of what took place in Rick > (and > > others) I would guess (because, of course, I don't know) the real > issue with > > Rick and other seekers (I would classify them as seekers again, as > they were > > before they had Maharishi), is that it all began with doubt (that > sprung up > > due to expectation)--which led to disappointment, and in Ricks case > being > > asked essentially to leave the movement--rejection. > > > > > > > > A rational, evolved, loving, soul like Ricky is not going to go smash > > windows in the dome or lead a march against the movement--So, what to do > > then with the hurt, anger, frustration? Gotta go some > where--(that's the > > law of dynamics--and psychodynamics--the energy in a system must > express its > > self in the system--impress its influence on the system) so it gets > > sublimated into a "rational," "open" discussion on essentially, the > validity > > of Maharishi. Actually, it is quite aggressive in nature, but, the > attack > > is conducted by the frontal cortex--not the limbic system (which is the > > primitive lizard brain) So it appears reasoned, open, and flexible. In > > actuality it is an "as if" debate. One appears as if he is not angry, > > frustrated, rejected and vengeful and attacking. One appears "as if" he > > wants to openly and lovingly discuss the issue--but that is the > filter of > > the frontal cortex! Anger, aggression and vengeance are the underlying > > dynamics. > > > > > > > > Patanjali does endorse in the Yoga sutras, "any reliable > meditation." He > > therefore give his blessings on different forms of meditation--So it > seems > > to me, that when we get to Brahman there will be a large number of > saints > > somewhere in the Akash that have arrived there from a variety of > means--some > > faster--some slower--I mean everyone we know of who got enlightened got > > there by a slightly different path (Maharaja, Ramakrishna, the > Buddha, etc.) > > > > > > > > But, I don't know anybody who got there by bashing their previous > master and > > trying to get others to join them. > > >
