Vaj wrote: > Maybe it's you who needs to get his > head out of the books? > Barry says he's read over 200 books on the Cathars alone. There's no telling how many books he's read, but obviously he didn't get his knowledge apriori.
Most of the things he knows he got from either books or someone told him something. Like most of us, his source of knowledge comes from the scriptures or from hearsay. From: Willytex Subject: Valid Means of Knowledge Newsgroups: alt.meditation.transcendental Date: April 21 2001 http://tinyurl.com/mwa7bt > You seem to often misunderstand > them anyways! > Maybe so, but do you think that Barry really believes that the historical Buddha taught the soul-monad theory? Do you really 'know' that there's a 'Bardo' state somewhere in Tibet? And do you seriously think that Barry actually has reincarnated almost as many times as his Guru, the Rama Guy? "1531-1575, Zen Master, Japan; 1602-1771, Head of Zen Order, Japan; 1725-1804, Master of Monastery, Tibet; 1834-1905 Jnana Yoga Master, India; 1912-1945 Tibetan Lama and Head of Monastic Order, Tibet; 1950 Self Realized Spiritual Teacher and Director of Spiritual Communities, United States..." http://www.ex-cult.org/Groups/Rama/09.chap-15-16