It's like "Days of our Lives". FFL could be marketed as a highly addictive virtual reality experience.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sandiego108" <sandiego108@> > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "endlessrainintoapapercup" > > <endlessrainintoapapercup@> wrote: > > > > > > Wading through the mud...a question > > > for sandiego108 regarding Barry's > > > snipped quotes: > > > > > > "Sounds as if someone is losing his touted > > > Brahman Consciousness, and is a little pissed > > > off." > > > > > > "I think it's important to remember that the > > > person saying this has claimed to be fully > > > enlightened. Not just in CC, not just in GC, > > > not just in UC, but in Maharishi-certified BC." > > > > > > Are these words a valid representation of > > > your beliefs and experience, or is this the- > > > world-according-to-Barry? (no offense > > > intended, Barry...it's that POV thing) > > > If valid, does it indicate that you have been > > > previously confirmed by MMY as having > > > symptoms of BC...or fully established BC? > > > (My interest is entirely friendly and > > > non-hostile.) > > > > Hi, good question-- it is entirely the world according to Barry- I > > have never met Maharishi, and though I did once talk about states of > > consciousness relative to my experience, I no longer do so openly > > here. Generated way too much negative reaction. If you would like to > > email me privately, please do. > > For the record, the only thing in my description > above that was not true was the quip about "Maharishi- > certified." That was a joke, and I should have put > it in quotes. > > But Jim, back when he was still posting as Jim, > claimed MANY times to be speaking from the platform > of not only enlightenment, not only Unity Consciousness, > but went out of his way to comment on Brahman Con- > sciousness, clearly implying that he was speaking > from the level of personal experience. > > Many of us asked him to explain how he balanced these > claims with his repeated outbursts of anger and slams > against people, not to mention his "proclamations" > that he claimed were the absolute, undeniable truth, > such as claiming that Buddha said "God is love." > (Hint: Buddha didn't believe in God.) > > He and another fellow named Rory used to "hold forth" > as enlightened ones here, and when challenged on items > of cognitive dissonance such as these, tended to > respond by telling us all how things would make sense > to us when we were all as high and as highly evolved > as they were. > > Meanwhile, they both tended to get carried away > defending themselves, so much so that they exceeded > the posting limit. They both stalked off in a snit > after having been banned for a week, and after I > and others commented that their purported enlight- > enment had seemingly left them them unable to count > to 50. Rory has not returned. Jim returned as > sandiego108 and has *still*, as far as I know, > acknowledged who he is, although he slips up from > time to time and posts something as sandiego108 > that he attributes to Jim Flanegin (himself). > > Jim has waxed eloquent in the past about how he > has no self (small s), and is now only Self. And > yet when he snuck back to FFL as sandiego108, it > took less than two days for most people here to > figure out who he was, because of his unique > style of putdowns and making proclamations. Go > figure. > > I have nothing against the guy; I'm sure he's a > nice guy in person. It's just that when he refers > to ME as a poseur it's a little laughable. I > suspect I'm not the only person here who feels > that way, based on the difference between what > he claims to be and how he acts. My only issue > with him all along is that he not only doesn't > seem to walk the walk of his talk, he doesn't > even *get* that he doesn't walk the walk of > his talk. There is a cluelessness there that I, > for one, do not associate with enlightenment. > > I once summarized what I thought of his purported > state of consciousness in one sentence. He lives > 200% of life -- 10% real but inflated experiences > of realization, 95% New Age bullshit, and 95% > moodmaking. I'll stand on that assessment. Jim > can speak for himself. Or not, as the case may be. >
