Re: [FairfieldLife] Soup for the Psycho Soul

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empty, from one of Rick's interviewees, Panache Desai: everyone shows up the 
way we psychically need them to show up in our life...Read and weep?

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Back in the late 90’s and early 2000’s, I hosted three-daySudarshan Kriya 
seminars at my home. Various teachers stayed at my house overthe years.  
Sometimes, one would call andset up a place/time to give an intro lecture while 
staying the weekend. Thewife of one of these teachers came a few times and did 
a such a lecture –probably to maintain an active status in the SSRS org. I went 
with herand listened to the lecture at the church center where it was held. The 
lecturewas competent although not too passionate or inspiring. These were all 
old TMteachers so they had done this kind of routine many times.
The next day we were having lunch at a restaurant and engaging in a 
typicalcasual conversation prior to the second lecture. When she mentioned that 
shewas Jewish, I must have looked surprised. She was blonde and blue-eyed and 
lookvery Anglo-German. I said something naughty, to see her response … 
“That’ssurprising … you don’t look like you have the map of Israel stamped upon 
yourface”.  (It was a comment that I heardvoiced by an Orthodox monk 
previously.)  She look slightly irritated but caught herself and 
statedemphatically that she (and her mother) kept a careful Seder at the home 
shewhere she grew up and so did she.  Ithought it was interesting to witness 
the moment of “affront” since itpealed-off the social face she displayed. I 
never thought much about it, sincewhere I lived, I wouldn’t know if someone was 
Jewish - even if I bumped intothem on a street corner. The weekend ended, she 
went back home and that endedthe excursion.  Later when the Kriya 
teacher/business partner of her husband returned, he happened to mention that 
she wascomposing a “Chicken Soup for the Soul” book. He also mentioned that she 
wasplanning more of them and that her husband (another Kriya teacher) was 
hopingshe started making a bunch of money from it, so he could quit involvement 
inhis businesses. All of it was just talk to me at the time. However, later 
thetruth came out – bizzaro mundo.  About a year later I saw them - both the 
woman and herhusband at a SSRS retreat. I don’t remember much about the 
beginning but laterI started seeing her in the meal line waiting to get to the 
food. There wasn’tmuch conversation in the line and that suited me just fine. 
However, I learnedthat my simple presence was now deemed problematic, when her 
husband came overafter a meal and asked me to stay back and stay away from her 
because shethought I was stalking her. I don’t think my jaw dropped but I was 
“floored” –I couldn’t comprehend how she would think this, since they all had 
stayed at myhome and shared driving/meals/whatever.  I didn’t want to cause a 
stir, so I just consciously decidedto avoid any possible proximity during 
meals/meal lines/meditations. The womanand her husband never came to my home 
again and I was quite thankful. I couldonly imagine what I might be accused of 
saying/doing/attempting when in thesame house – my house. It was a revealing 
form of psychopathology that caused me to wonder about the psychologicalfitness 
of some of these teachers. Later, at a meeting with SSRS during another course, 
I wasup close talking with him. He asked me to sit down close and then he read 
anote and called her up – sitting right beside me. I was uncomfortable about 
itbut I wasn’t able to leave yet. Worse, I had to listen to her 
whisperedconversation with SSRS about some personal issue that I never would 
want toknow about. I guess it was psycho-karma unfolding but I felt grateful 
that I wasn’tbeing accused again of stalking.  Learning that she had compiled 
all these books, I sometimeswondered how she could compile/write a book 
instructing other people about howto live a life of unconditional love and 
happiness. I finally concluded thatpeople try and attempt to talk 
authoritatively about what they would like topossess. That is … what they want 
but at the same time do not have and do not experience. Since most of her 
talking points came from SSRS, I guessthis fits the bill. 


  

[FairfieldLife] Soup for the Psycho Soul

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 Back in the late 90’s and early 2000’s, I hosted three-day Sudarshan Kriya 
seminars at my home. Various teachers stayed at my house over the years.  
Sometimes, one would call and set up a place/time to give an intro lecture 
while staying the weekend. The wife of one of these teachers came a few times 
and did a such a lecture – probably to maintain an active status in the SSRS 
org. I went with her and listened to the lecture at the church center where it 
was held. The lecture was competent although not too passionate or inspiring. 
These were all old TM teachers so they had done this kind of routine many times.
 
 The next day we were having lunch at a restaurant and engaging in a typical 
casual conversation prior to the second lecture. When she mentioned that she 
was Jewish, I must have looked surprised. She was blonde and blue-eyed and look 
very Anglo-German. I said something naughty, to see her response … “That’s 
surprising … you don’t look like you have the map of Israel stamped upon your 
face”.  (It was a comment that I heard voiced by an Orthodox monk previously.) 
  
 She look slightly irritated but caught herself and stated emphatically that 
she (and her mother) kept a careful Seder at the home she where she grew up and 
so did she.  I thought it was interesting to witness the moment of “affront” 
since it pealed-off the social face she displayed. I never thought much about 
it, since where I lived, I wouldn’t know if someone was Jewish - even if I 
bumped into them on a street corner. The weekend ended, she went back home and 
that ended the excursion. 
  
 Later when the Kriya teacher/business partner of her husband returned, he 
happened to mention that she was composing a “Chicken Soup for the Soul” book. 
He also mentioned that she was planning more of them and that her husband 
(another Kriya teacher) was hoping she started making a bunch of money from it, 
so he could quit involvement in his businesses. All of it was just talk to me 
at the time. However, later the truth came out – bizzaro mundo. 
  
 About a year later I saw them - both the woman and her husband at a SSRS 
retreat. I don’t remember much about the beginning but later I started seeing 
her in the meal line waiting to get to the food. There wasn’t much conversation 
in the line and that suited me just fine. However, I learned that my simple 
presence was now deemed problematic, when her husband came over after a meal 
and asked me to stay back and stay away from her because she thought I was 
stalking her. I don’t think my jaw dropped but I was “floored” – I couldn’t 
comprehend how she would think this, since they all had stayed at my home and 
shared driving/meals/whatever. 
  
 I didn’t want to cause a stir, so I just consciously decided to avoid any 
possible proximity during meals/meal lines/meditations. The woman and her 
husband never came to my home again and I was quite thankful. I could only 
imagine what I might be accused of saying/doing/attempting when in the same 
house – my house. It was a revealing form of psychopathology that caused me to 
wonder about the psychological fitness of some of these teachers.
  
 Later, at a meeting with SSRS during another course, I was up close talking 
with him. He asked me to sit down close and then he read a note and called her 
up – sitting right beside me. I was uncomfortable about it but I wasn’t able to 
leave yet. Worse, I had to listen to her whispered conversation with SSRS about 
some personal issue that I never would want to know about. I guess it was 
psycho-karma unfolding but I felt grateful that I wasn’t being accused again of 
stalking. 
  
 Learning that she had compiled all these books, I sometimes wondered how she 
could compile/write a book instructing other people about how to live a life of 
unconditional love and happiness. I finally concluded that people try and 
attempt to talk authoritatively about what they would like to possess. That is 
… what they want but at the same time do not have and do not experience.
  
 Since most of her talking points came from SSRS, I guess this fits the bill.