Jim, you're correct. I'm pretty confident, too, that no one here thinks that you hold the belief that anyone who feels differently than you regarding Guru Dev's and Maharishi's influence on global consciousness is somehow doomed. But at the same time, I do think that you post condescendingly at times and do characterize Barry and Curtis particularly as 'lessers' that just don't get what it is that you know to be true. That's got to chap the hide.
But it's a 'give as good as you get' type of place here, you know that as well as I do, and some folks are more argumentative than diplomatic; points made are often barbed, sometimes they overshoot the mark, feelings get hurt and the cycle starts up again. But it always seems to settle down after awhile. I'm stoked that you have this great thing with Guru Dev; so totally fine in my books and a delight to hear about and admire. I don't personally have any problems with the position you hold, either; only, sometimes it sounds like it's being delivered from on high, that's all. At least that's what I feel. Jai Guru Dev Marek ** --- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "Marek Reavis" <reavismarek@> > wrote: > Jim's experiences seem genuine > > enough as he relates them, but the extrapolation of his experiences > > to the belief that Guru Dev and Maharishi represent a unique > juncture > > in the world and human affairs is, however sincere, unveriafiable > and > > tantamount to similar sectarian beliefs of Christianity or any other > > religion. > > With one significant and important difference that some on FFL cannot > seem to grasp: When certain sectarian beliefs of Christianity proclaim > that we can only be saved through acceptance of Jesus Christ as the > Saviour, there is an unmistakable implication that those that don't > are somehow less, or doomed. > > All I said was that Guru Dev and Maharishi are the catalysts for the > spiritual regeneration of the world. Period. Unverifiable by each and > every one of those reading this? Sure. Similar to whether the earth > revolves around the sun, or the sun revolves around the earth. Also > unverifiable. > > However the thing that is quite different between what I said and its > comparison to the beliefs of Christian sects is that there is > absolutely no implication or assertion I have made that anyone who > doesn't believe this is wrong, or a lesser person, or doomed > spiritually or otherwise. > > It is a significant difference, and yet several on this forum cannot > decouple this possibility that Guru Dev and Maharishi have brought > about the spiritual regeneration of the world, from some implication > that lack of belief in this possibility means that I think they are > lesser beings in some regard. > > Marek, you as a lawyer must surely see the logical inconsistency in > these few posters' assertion? > > I consider this inability to decouple what I said from the stories > they hold in their heads and hearts as neurotic- in other words, not > fully in touch with the here and now. Why should that be made to > appear as anyone else's problem except theirs? It sure ain't mine.:- > ) >
