--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, enlightened_dawn11 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > > it is a simple formula-- you either do what the master asks of > you > > > and gain what the master has to give, or you don't. it is not a > > > matter of sitting on the sidelenes chattering about it. the > choice > > > is a clear one, and if you don't accept it or accept it, what is > the > > > difference? unless you enjoy making up other people's minds for > them. > > > > For me it is a matter of sitting on the sidelines and "chattering" > > about it. This is a discussion board where such topics are > > "chattered" about for the purpose of increasing understanding. > > are you really seeking to increase your understanding here, or just > make your prejudices known?
I followed the guy for 15 years. My studied personal opinion is far from prejudice. It is post-judice. We each express our POV here, just as you have. Giving it diminished labels like "chattering" and "prejudice" reveals your own biases on this topic. But no, I don't have two choices, be obedient or not. I can also speak up against what I feel is an unreasonable proposal for one human to make to another without any restrictions, such as we have in the military. Speaking against such a misuse of our social bonds is an important issue for me. I didn't like it any better when Bush tried to run it on the other countries of the world. > > You > > are offering false alternatives. > > i don't understand how. the alternatives are either go with the > master thing, or don't. what else is there? Discussing how we feel about it now. > > And how exactly is my writing about > > something "making up other people's minds for them?" > > > because it appears from what you have said that you strongly > disagree with what the Maharishi says wrt devotion to a master, and > by extension offer no viable explanation for those who choose to > follow him in that way, other than they are weak or flawed or > deluded in some way. at least that was the way i read it. Again with the false alternatives. The people who follow him now are welcome to give their opinion about the value they are getting. I am not speaking for them, but only for myself. I have some understanding of why people make this choice from having made it myself years ago. I am not unsympathetic to their decision. My comments were aimed at the person who set up the "with us or agin us" system in the first place. > > >
