--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And no, Judy's not the *least* bit pissed off, > certainly not enough to go over the 35-post-per- > week limit *yet again*. :-) > > While she can make any statement she wishes about > her motivations here, I'm just suggesting that > folks look into the one that she never seems to > recognize in herself -- jealousy. > > 30+ years "developing her consciousness" on a path > that has brought her no closer to certain spiritual > phenomena (levitation, enlightenment, etc.) than > reading about them and arguing endlessly about them, > as if her reading and watching videos of other people > *talking* about them had rendered her some kind of > expert. Does that sound familiar, somewhat akin to > dumping on a film because someone else dumps on it, > without ever having seen it herself? > > In other spiritual trips, we refer to such a path > as "armchair spirituality." It's fine, I guess, if > what you want is to read about or hear about other > people's experiences. If one reads *enough* about > them, one can even appear somewhat knowledgeable. > But the bottom line -- the one that many people > forget to ask -- is, "Have you ever experienced > these things yourself, or are you talking so auth- > oritatively based only on things you've read about > or been told about?" > > I'd suggest that if Judy wants to make a case for > the value of "developing one's consciousness" via > TM and the TM-siddhi programs she *demonstrate* a > bit of that developed consciousness in her posts. > Spending 60-70% of her time arguing with and put- > ting down those who don't agree with her "expertise," > often when they've experienced the thing (or film) > under discussion and she hasn't, doesn't really > strike me as terribly "developed." > > But maybe that's just me...
With all love and respect, Barry, I think your last line is correct -- it is all "just me" :-)
