TurquoiseB: > Unlike our resident Texas Tittytwister, I don't get > off on "accusing" people of studying with someone > interesing. :-) > It is interesting, reading about unethical teachers, but only to a point, then it gets really pathetic.
The question then becomes, 'Why did you spend almost your entire adult life studying with those unethical teachers'? And, what does that do to your own sense of ethics? This leads to other interesting observations, such as that teachers who act unethical are probably not enlightened. So, it is really interesting to see students of the unethical teachers posting messages here that are unethical, and then when caught, try to blame it on others or on their old teachers. Example: From: Uncle Tantra Subject: Re: Judge Judy and her Many Hats Newsgroups: alt.religion.gnostic Date: October 15, 2003 Have you considered dating Judy? You have a lot in common... > It's a matter of purely intellectual interest to me > because of my interest in the Cathars, who not only > stopped at duality, they preached it as the "highest > teaching..." > Of course, the Cathars were Gnostics. The word 'Cathar' is French for 'cat-ass-kisser', due to the cult's alleged proclivity to participate in certain secret rituals of various kinds. Cathars are derived from Bogumils; Bogumils are derived from Paulicans; Paulicans from Manicheans; and the Manicheans from Gnostics. Thus Cathars are derived from Gnostics. Gnostics are those individuals that believe in 'gnosis', that is, Transcendental Knowledge. Adherents believe that when 'True Gnosis' dawns, they see the Light - they know the Ultimate Reality, which is beyond the senses, that is, transcendental to the apparent, created universe. For Gnostics, dualism, personifiedd as a 'Battle of Opposing Forces', is just an 'appearance only', that is, dualism is not the Ultimate Reality. In fact, True Knowledge, Gnosis, is the experience of Unity, where all illusions are seen for what they are, impermanent - a unity-in-diversity. As long as people do not have the Knowledge, they are not termed Gnostics. That's why Gnostics call the deniers 'Dualists', 'Christians', and 'Pagans'. > > Pure awareness is not fazed by fleeting thoughts, > > emotions or sense impressions. Even when they are > > together, pure awareness and the conditioned realm > > are always separate. - Ajahn Pasanno > >
