What's Vaj's real name?
Is he really Indian or is this a stage name?
J/C, not that its unusual to use another name.
(P.S.--My real name is Pranadaham Mhoosheriam, Pranamoocher, for short).
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wrote:
In this case, we'd say Vaj is clearly an Anti-Authoritarian flavor of
Narcissist.
THE MAN'S WRITINGS REVEAL HIS NATURE
In his writings here over the years, Vaj revealed that he's designed a
spiritual path where he is dependent on no one teacher or technology,
where he doesn't have to actually surrender his individual
ego/intellect,
where his ego/intellect picks and chooses spiritual bits and pieces
(like
one would pick candies from a Whitman's Sampler Box) - a technique
here, a spiritual visit there, an intellectual scriptural reference
here, a
name-dropping about some famous or obscure-but-special-sound-
ing teacher there. And he has strung all these spiritual bits
together
like shiny beads on a necklace - all these teachers, and visits, and
read-
ings, and words, and intellectual ideas. And he says, in effect:
Look
at
what I've gathered! Look at how shiny I am! Look at how special I
am!
For Vaj, the best thing he could do, in my compassionate opinion (from
both the spiritual and psychological perspective), is to put all this
stuff
down. Put down the teachers, books, techniques, memories, etc. Let
it
all go - and just look within to see who or what's behind it all. Be
simple,
be invisible, be quiet. See who's there. This would be way, way, way
simpler than the convoluted spiritual world that he projects here!
Read back over a bunch of Vaj's posts on this list and notice that:
1. You'll see lot's of NEGATIVITY: don't do this, don't believe that,
distrust
this, don't practice that... And he'll point out how various people
-
from
Maharishi to members of this forum - are damaged or defective. But
you
WON'T see much positivity: do this, believe this, trust this,
practice
this -
almost nothing that is actually helpful or useful to those on the
path.
He's
a great Anti-authoritarian, but he offers so little that's useful for
real spiritual
progress. But that's what Anti-authoritarians do - they tear down
those
who
are actually trying to do something, but they offer little to replace
it.
2. You'll also see lot's of COMPLICATION: esoteric,
complicated-sounding
knowledge, reference to many sects and texts and teachers, book
learning
galore... But the Truth is simple! And you won't see simplicity from
Vaj.
He has a good intellect, and uses it like a Narcissist would - to
weave
a
difficult-to-follow maze that's meant to impress, to keep us
off-balance, to
give us the impression that he's quite the expert.
3. You'll see that his words feel like they come mainly FROM MEMORY or
FROM INTELLECT - but not from heart, or compassion, or empathy - and
especially NOT from some foundation of his own simple, direct,
personal
experience of the Truth.
Vaj's writings, when they refer to any knowledge, just dangle a hint
of it
out there, like a carrot, vague and unsubstantiatable but very
important-
sounding. His tone says: I'm very knowledgeable, very important;
I've
got
IT and you don't; but you'll never figure IT out from me; my words
will
be
vague, hinting at things, puffing me up - but rarely of any value in
helping
you with evolution.
Vaj will say, in effect: trust me, I'm an expert, I've got special
experience
and knowledge, I've been around the spiritual block - what you
bumpkins
are taking so seriously is unimportant kindergarten-level stuff. I'll
talk
ABOUT higher stuff, I'll hint at it, I'll tell you what an expert I am
-
but I'll
rarely if ever actually teach you anything useful. In fact, I'll run
away from
any intelligent discussion of my points, either by belittling you, or
creating
a smokescreen of important-sounding (but actually meaningless) words,
or by just simply avoiding real discussion.
Vaj's words say: I'll just chip away at your beliefs, undermine your
confi-
dence, try to tear down your commitment to your path, create doubt and
confusion - as any true Anti-authoritarian would do.
Look back at the body of Vaj's writings:
Where's the compassion, where's the love, where's the useful knowledge
that a real teacher shares, where's the practical advice, where's the
true
teacher? But Anti-authoritarian Narcissists don't lead, don't teach -
they
just want to tear down those who do lead, who do teach. Put them in
charge, and they wouldn't know what to do. Their life-script is about
emasculating leaders and living in a fantasy of self-importance.
CONCLUSION #2:
ACTUALLY NARCISSIST (PLUS ANTI-AUTHORITARIAN)?
OR SOMETHING MORE TROUBLING AND DARK?
So we've noticed that if we're looking for real, compassionate
spiritual
guidance, we'll be frustrated by Vaj - and we've had years to watch
what he serves up. Instead we get
