[FairfieldLife] Re: About the Amma Cult

2011-04-26 Thread Ravi Yogi
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: I'm not parroting anything Ravee. It's just what I know from having talked to Rajneesh followers, that's all. So now you are clearly admitting that you don't have any intelligence to experience him for yourself and you are

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: About the Amma Cult

2011-04-26 Thread Vaj
On Apr 26, 2011, at 6:29 AM, Ravi Yogi wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: I'm not parroting anything Ravee. It's just what I know from having talked to Rajneesh followers, that's all. So now you are clearly admitting that you don't have any

[FairfieldLife] Re: About the Amma Cult

2011-04-26 Thread Ravi Yogi
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: On Apr 26, 2011, at 6:29 AM, Ravi Yogi wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: I'm not parroting anything Ravee. It's just what I know from having talked to Rajneesh followers,

[FairfieldLife] Re: About the Amma Cult

2011-04-26 Thread WillyTex
You probably are too young to remember when his followers poisoned the people in a town in Oregon using salmonella. Ravi Yogi: So how does that matter? Others have pointed to the fact that although Sheela had bugged Osho's living quarters and made her tapes available to the U.S.

[FairfieldLife] Re: About the Amma Cult

2011-04-25 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall thomas.pall@... wrote: http://www.experiencefestival.com/wp/article/outsider-vs-insider-doctrine-of-the-hugging-saint This is an interesting article. I'd heard some of this before from a former Amma devotee I knew in France. She blew the lid off of

[FairfieldLife] Re: About the Amma Cult

2011-04-25 Thread Ravi Yogi
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1 steve.sundur@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall thomas.pall@ wrote: http://www.experiencefestival.com/wp/article/outsider-vs-insider-doctrin\ \ e-of-the-hugging-saint Not sure how you spin the Devi Bhava deal as

[FairfieldLife] Re: About the Amma Cult

2011-04-25 Thread Ravi Yogi
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall thomas.pall@ wrote: http://www.experiencefestival.com/wp/article/outsider-vs-insider-doctrin\ e-of-the-hugging-saint This is an interesting article. I'd heard some of this

[FairfieldLife] Re: About the Amma Cult

2011-04-25 Thread seventhray1
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Yogi raviyogi@... wrote: Thanks for your reply. Well you are right. There are so many issues, and so many ways to interpret them. As you say, what one sees as deception, may just be an attempt not to confuse by another. What one sees as worship, may

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: About the Amma Cult

2011-04-25 Thread Vaj
On Apr 24, 2011, at 11:19 PM, seventhray1 wrote: Not sure how you spin the Devi Bhava deal as anything thing but text book cult. I'd love to hear the official version on that one. I mean, they could just come out and admit the truth, but there would be fallout. In general the whole

[FairfieldLife] Re: About the Amma Cult

2011-04-25 Thread seventhray1
I know you are somewhat into Osho, and I have to say, that although I know little about him, the one thing that I've always enjoyed is that he seems real upfront about who he is, and his lifestyle. Didn't seem to hide behind a lot of sanctimonious crap. Like I say, I've only seen a handful of

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: About the Amma Cult

2011-04-25 Thread Vaj
On Apr 25, 2011, at 8:43 AM, seventhray1 wrote: I know you are somewhat into Osho, and I have to say, that although I know little about him, the one thing that I've always enjoyed is that he seems real upfront about who he is, and his lifestyle. Didn't seem to hide behind a lot of

[FairfieldLife] Re: About the Amma Cult

2011-04-25 Thread WillyTex
Like I say, I've only seen a handful of videos and a few of the writings, but I like what I saw. Vaj: Osho, aka Rajneesh, was a Nitrous Oxide addict who also had a love of marijuana milkshakes and Valium. Some of his books are said to have been dictated while under Nitrous from a

[FairfieldLife] Re: About the Amma Cult

2011-04-25 Thread Ravi Yogi
You are right, I loved Osho because he was not into avatar, infallible crap. He always said he was as fallible as anyone else, he clearly illustrated the qualities of the outer and the inner, the difference between the essential and accidental. No one has influenced me more than Osho, what I

[FairfieldLife] Re: About the Amma Cult

2011-04-25 Thread Ravi Yogi
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: On Apr 25, 2011, at 8:43 AM, seventhray1 wrote: I know you are somewhat into Osho, and I have to say, that although I know little about him, the one thing that I've always enjoyed is that he seems real upfront about

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: About the Amma Cult

2011-04-25 Thread Vaj
On Apr 25, 2011, at 6:33 PM, Ravi Yogi wrote: Osho, aka Rajneesh, was a Nitrous Oxide addict who also had a love of marijuana milkshakes and Valium. Some of his books are said to have been dictated while under Nitrous from a local dentist. This is so hilarious in it's outrageousness.

[FairfieldLife] Re: About the Amma Cult

2011-04-24 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@... wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Tom Pall Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2011 8:17 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] About the Amma Cult

[FairfieldLife] Re: About the Amma Cult

2011-04-24 Thread seventhray1
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall thomas.pall@... wrote: http://www.experiencefestival.com/wp/article/outsider-vs-insider-doctrin\ e-of-the-hugging-saint Not sure how you spin the Devi Bhava deal as anything thing but text book cult. I'd love to hear the official version on that

[FairfieldLife] Re: About the Amma Cult

2011-04-24 Thread seventhray1
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@... wrote: http://www.experiencefestival.com/wp/article/outsider-vs-insider-doctrin\ e-of -the-hugging-saint who's behind this site? The Bhagavan Amma people who give diksha? That's my impression, but it's hard to tell. Is this the

[FairfieldLife] Re: About the Amma Cult

2011-04-24 Thread seventhray1
children; open, clear, simple. --- On Sun, 4/24/11, Rick Archer rick@... wrote: From: Rick Archer rick@... Subject: RE: [FairfieldLife] About the Amma Cult To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, April 24, 2011, 9:40 PM From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: About the Amma Cult

2011-04-24 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of seventhray1 Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2011 10:19 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: About the Amma Cult --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall thomas.pall@... wrote

[FairfieldLife] Re: About the Amma Cult

2011-04-24 Thread seventhray1
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@... wrote: I guess different people view it differently. I find it entertaining, in a ceremonial sort of way. I don't take the symbolism very literally, nor am I overly invested in any type of expression of Indian spirituality. I think