[FairfieldLife] Re: hypothetical responses of Gurus
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 3/16/06 12:37 AM, jyouells2000 at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Actually I think Maharsihi would ask to be taken to the best surgeon/hospital available to have his fingers reattached - and that would be the most sensible action for all of the above. Also, those terrorist bandits would have a hard time getting on courses for a long time. Unless they became millionaires. So, so true :-) Funny and sad at the same time. JohnY Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM ~- To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[FairfieldLife] Re: hypothetical responses of Gurus
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jyouells2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, hyperbolicgeometry hyperbolicgeometry@ wrote: --- Imaginary scenario...what are the responses of the Gurus?: A Guru is lecturing in a hall with devotees, when some terrorist bandits come in and demand money from everyone; if the money is not forthcoming, the Guru's fingers will be cut off. Some people in the group fail to fork over their money and the terrorists cut off 2 of the Guru's fingers. Then, the police come in and round up the bandits, after which the lecture continues... [Q = question from the audience]; [R = response of the Guru]: Q: [the Guru is Nisargadatta Maharaj]: Oh Guru, how do you feel that your fingers were cut off? R: Ask, who is the I of the person whose fingers were cut off. Q: [the Guru is MMY - pronounced Maharshee - otherwise you sit in the back if pronounced Mahareeshee]: Maharshee, who do you feel that your fingers were cut off? R: A person in Unity cannot suffer. Besides, we just meditate and take it as it comes. Q: [the Guru is Ramesh Balsekar] Ramesh, how do you feel that your fingers were cut off? R: No problem, it's all part of the total functioning of the Universe. Q: [The Guru is Ramana Maharshi, addressed as Bhagavan] Bhagavan, how do you feel that your fingers were cut off? R: What is fated to happen, will happen. The best thing to do is to remain silent. --- End forwarded message --- Actually I think Maharsihi would ask to be taken to the best surgeon/hospital available to have his fingers reattached - and that would be the most sensible action for all of the above. And when asked why he was screaming/whimpering with pain, any of the above might have replied: because its what one does in this kind of situation. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM ~- To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[FairfieldLife] Re: hypothetical responses of Gurus
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Q: The guru is Frederick Lenz/Rama, and most of the students in the hall are black belts in some form of martial arts: A: Well, that was interesting...now that the police have taken those terrorist guys away to the hospital, what were we talking about? Oh yeah, Unity... lecture continues... :-) :-) :-) Different strokes for different folks... Or else he could have said: A: Well, why don't you kill me right away, then I don't have to do it anymore myself. I'll become a marthyr instead of an lunatic suicider Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM ~- To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[FairfieldLife] Re: hypothetical responses of Gurus
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, defenders_of_bhakti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: Q: The guru is Frederick Lenz/Rama, and most of the students in the hall are black belts in some form of martial arts: A: Well, that was interesting...now that the police have taken those terrorist guys away to the hospital, what were we talking about? Oh yeah, Unity... lecture continues... :-) :-) :-) Different strokes for different folks... Or else he could have said: A: Well, why don't you kill me right away, then I don't have to do it anymore myself. I'll become a marthyr instead of an lunatic suicider And this is written by the guy who has written hundreds of lines lately whining about people (primarily me) criticizing his chosen spiritual path? :-) :-) :-) Look, dude...just for the record, you really CAN'T get under my skin and push my buttons by ragging on Rama. Anything you could possibly say I've dealt with years ago. And even if I hadn't, IT'S NOT MY JOB to defend the dude. He's DAID, ferchrssakes. Even if he weren't, IT'S *STILL* NOT MY JOB to defend him. You are entitled to your opinion, however nasty and mean- spirited it may be. :-) This would seem to be the difference between you and me. When I intellectually challenge bhakti (not even your teacher), you interpret that as a personal attack against you, get majorly uptight, and overreact to the max. When you decide to trash the teacher I studied with, I can laugh about it and *not* react. On the whole, I'd rather be me than you. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM ~- To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[FairfieldLife] Re: hypothetical responses of Gurus
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: se he could have said: A: Well, why don't you kill me right away, then I don't have to do it anymore myself. I'll become a marthyr instead of an lunatic suicider Look, dude...just for the record, you really CAN'T get under my skin and push my buttons by ragging on Rama. Neither was that the intention. When I intellectually challenge bhakti (not even your teacher), you interpret that as a personal attack against you, Neither. I just brought his seeming superior reaction back to perspective. I thought it's funny how you could bring this up. No intention to hurt you there. The positioning of him by you in this situation is macabre in itself. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM ~- To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[FairfieldLife] Re: hypothetical responses of Gurus
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, defenders_of_bhakti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: se he could have said: A: Well, why don't you kill me right away, then I don't have to do it anymore myself. I'll become a marthyr instead of an lunatic suicider Look, dude...just for the record, you really CAN'T get under my skin and push my buttons by ragging on Rama. Neither was that the intention. When I intellectually challenge bhakti (not even your teacher), you interpret that as a personal attack against you, Neither. I just brought his seeming superior reaction back to perspective. I thought it's funny how you could bring this up. No intention to hurt you there. The positioning of him by you in this situation is macabre in itself. And I don't like it, when one Guru is played out against the other, like: 'Hey my fathers dick is bigger, than your fathers'. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM ~- To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[FairfieldLife] Re: hypothetical responses of Gurus
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, defenders_of_bhakti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: se he could have said: A: Well, why don't you kill me right away, then I don't have to do it anymore myself. I'll become a marthyr instead of an lunatic suicider Look, dude...just for the record, you really CAN'T get under my skin and push my buttons by ragging on Rama. Neither was that the intention. When I intellectually challenge bhakti (not even your teacher), you interpret that as a personal attack against you, Neither. I just brought his seeming superior reaction back to perspective. I thought it's funny how you could bring this up. No intention to hurt you there. The positioning of him by you in this situation is macabre in itself. This is a man in SERIOUS denial about his own actions. First, look at the section of my reply he deleted and pretended never existed: And this is written by the guy who has written hundreds of lines lately whining about people (primarily me) criticizing his chosen spiritual path? :-) :-) :-) Second, did you miss the fact that my quote regarding Rama was a JOKE, appended to another JOKE? And that the whole quote was MADE UP, just to point out the differences between spiritual groups? Face it, dude. You were just pissed off to see the name of a teacher you not only don't respect but actively dislike appear on this forum, and you lashed out. When I've said things about bhakti, things you got all whiny about, they weren't attacking any particular teacher, or anyone's beliefs about a teacher; they were intellectual questions about the implications of bhakti itself. *You* reacted to them as if I'd shit in your punchbowl, and tried your best to portray me here as a bad guy. Now when you -- rather gratuitously, I might add -- choose to actually go out of your way to trash a spiritual teacher who was referenced as part of a JOKE, ferchrissakes, it's somehow OK and you meant no harm. Get a grip, dude. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM ~- To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[FairfieldLife] Re: hypothetical responses of Gurus
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, defenders_of_bhakti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And I don't like it, when one Guru is played out against the other, like: 'Hey my fathers dick is bigger, than your fathers'. Boy, are you hanging out on the wrong Yahoo group! Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM ~- To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[FairfieldLife] Re: hypothetical responses of Gurus
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, defenders_of_bhakti no_reply@ wrote: And I don't like it, when one Guru is played out against the other, like: 'Hey my fathers dick is bigger, than your fathers'. Boy, are you hanging out on the wrong Yahoo group! For the record, female students I knew in the Rama trip who were...uh...in a position to know were consistent in their description of Rama's depth of knowledge as pretty average. So if anyone out there is convinced that their guru's dick was bigger than mine's was, they win. :-) :-) :-) Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM ~- To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: hypothetical responses of Gurus
on 3/16/06 12:37 AM, jyouells2000 at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Actually I think Maharsihi would ask to be taken to the best surgeon/hospital available to have his fingers reattached - and that would be the most sensible action for all of the above. Also, those terrorist bandits would have a hard time getting on courses for a long time. Unless they became millionaires. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM ~- To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[FairfieldLife] Re: hypothetical responses of Gurus
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, defenders_of_bhakti no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: Q: The guru is Frederick Lenz/Rama, and most of the students in the hall are black belts in some form of martial arts: A: Well, that was interesting...now that the police have taken those terrorist guys away to the hospital, what were we talking about? Oh yeah, Unity... lecture continues... :-) :-) :-) Different strokes for different folks... Or else he could have said: A: Well, why don't you kill me right away, then I don't have to do it anymore myself. I'll become a marthyr instead of an lunatic suicider And this is written by the guy who has written hundreds of lines lately whining about people (primarily me) criticizing his chosen spiritual path? :-) :-) :-) Look, dude...just for the record, you really CAN'T get under my skin and push my buttons by ragging on Rama. Anything you could possibly say I've dealt with years ago. And even if I hadn't, IT'S NOT MY JOB to defend the dude. He's DAID, ferchrssakes. Even if he weren't, IT'S *STILL* NOT MY JOB to defend him. You are entitled to your opinion, however nasty and mean- spirited it may be. :-) This would seem to be the difference between you and me. When I intellectually challenge bhakti (not even your teacher), you interpret that as a personal attack against you, get majorly uptight, and overreact to the max. When you decide to trash the teacher I studied with, I can laugh about it and *not* react. On the whole, I'd rather be me than you. Methinks you doth protest too much... Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM ~- To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[FairfieldLife] Re: hypothetical responses of Gurus
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, defenders_of_bhakti no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: Q: The guru is Frederick Lenz/Rama, and most of the students in the hall are black belts in some form of martial arts: A: Well, that was interesting...now that the police have taken those terrorist guys away to the hospital, what were we talking about? Oh yeah, Unity... lecture continues... :-) :-) :-) Different strokes for different folks... Or else he could have said: A: Well, why don't you kill me right away, then I don't have to do it anymore myself. I'll become a marthyr instead of an lunatic suicider And this is written by the guy who has written hundreds of lines lately whining about people (primarily me) criticizing his chosen spiritual path? :-) :-) :-) Look, dude...just for the record, you really CAN'T get under my skin and push my buttons by ragging on Rama. Anything you could possibly say I've dealt with years ago. And even if I hadn't, IT'S NOT MY JOB to defend the dude. He's DAID, ferchrssakes. Even if he weren't, IT'S *STILL* NOT MY JOB to defend him. You are entitled to your opinion, however nasty and mean- spirited it may be. :-) This would seem to be the difference between you and me. When I intellectually challenge bhakti (not even your teacher), you interpret that as a personal attack against you, get majorly uptight, and overreact to the max. When you decide to trash the teacher I studied with, I can laugh about it and *not* react. On the whole, I'd rather be me than you. Methinks you doth protest too much... Only to the hypocrisy of t3rinity's posts, not to the slam on Rama. You think Maharishi gets criticized? You don't know the half of it. :-) I may still love the dude, *despite* all the nasty things he did to me personally and many of my fellow students, but it's really neither my job nor my interest to defend him or say only pleasant things about him. Check out my recent comment about Mr. Can't Keep His Dick In His Pants' depth of knowledge. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM ~- To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[FairfieldLife] Re: hypothetical responses of Gurus
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 3/16/06 12:37 AM, jyouells2000 at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Actually I think Maharsihi would ask to be taken to the best surgeon/hospital available to have his fingers reattached - and that would be the most sensible action for all of the above. Also, those terrorist bandits would have a hard time getting on courses for a long time. Unless they became millionaires. ROFLOL, that was the best one! You know I really thought once, that this may have been his way to keep CIA (in the paranoia of it) out of positions, because, would the Government spend really that much money to infiltrate the movement? Prolly not. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM ~- To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[FairfieldLife] Re: hypothetical responses of Gurus
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Second, did you miss the fact that my quote regarding Rama was a JOKE, appended to another JOKE? Why did you get so serious about it then? Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM ~- To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[FairfieldLife] Re: hypothetical responses of Gurus
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, hyperbolicgeometry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Imaginary scenario...what are the responses of the Gurus?: A Guru is lecturing in a hall with devotees, when some terrorist bandits come in and demand money from everyone; if the money is not forthcoming, the Guru's fingers will be cut off. Some people in the group fail to fork over their money and the terrorists cut off 2 of the Guru's fingers. Then, the police come in and round up the bandits, after which the lecture continues... [Q = question from the audience]; [R = response of the Guru]: Q: [the Guru is Nisargadatta Maharaj]: Oh Guru, how do you feel that your fingers were cut off? R: Ask, who is the I of the person whose fingers were cut off. Q: [the Guru is MMY - pronounced Maharshee - otherwise you sit in the back if pronounced Mahareeshee]: Maharshee, who do you feel that your fingers were cut off? R: A person in Unity cannot suffer. Besides, we just meditate and take it as it comes. Q: [the Guru is Ramesh Balsekar] Ramesh, how do you feel that your fingers were cut off? R: No problem, it's all part of the total functioning of the Universe. Q: [The Guru is Ramana Maharshi, addressed as Bhagavan] Bhagavan, how do you feel that your fingers were cut off? R: What is fated to happen, will happen. The best thing to do is to remain silent. --- End forwarded message --- Actually I think Maharsihi would ask to be taken to the best surgeon/hospital available to have his fingers reattached - and that would be the most sensible action for all of the above. JohnY Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM ~- To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[FairfieldLife] Re: hypothetical responses of Gurus
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, hyperbolicgeometry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Imaginary scenario...what are the responses of the Gurus?: A Guru is lecturing in a hall with devotees, when some terrorist bandits come in and demand money from everyone; if the money is not forthcoming, the Guru's fingers will be cut off. Some people in the group fail to fork over their money and the terrorists cut off 2 of the Guru's fingers. Then, the police come in and round up the bandits, after which the lecture continues... [Q = question from the audience]; [R = response of the Guru]: Q: [the Guru is Nisargadatta Maharaj]: Oh Guru, how do you feel that your fingers were cut off? R: Ask, who is the I of the person whose fingers were cut off. Q: [the Guru is MMY - pronounced Maharshee - otherwise you sit in the back if pronounced Mahareeshee]: Maharshee, who do you feel that your fingers were cut off? R: A person in Unity cannot suffer. Besides, we just meditate and take it as it comes. Q: [the Guru is Ramesh Balsekar] Ramesh, how do you feel that your fingers were cut off? R: No problem, it's all part of the total functioning of the Universe. Q: [The Guru is Ramana Maharshi, addressed as Bhagavan] Bhagavan, how do you feel that your fingers were cut off? R: What is fated to happen, will happen. The best thing to do is to remain silent. Q: The guru is Frederick Lenz/Rama, and most of the students in the hall are black belts in some form of martial arts: A: Well, that was interesting...now that the police have taken those terrorist guys away to the hospital, what were we talking about? Oh yeah, Unity... lecture continues... :-) :-) :-) Different strokes for different folks... Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM ~- To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
