thx, excellent points! I don't have time to go into this topic at length; but basically in answer to question posed in the Bible "Who is your Brother's Keeper";...if "Brother/Sister" ends only two doors down, I take issue with that. A certain Buddhist perspective (which I groked from various Teachers) is that I am responsible for everything and everybody in the universe. Therefore I personally am responsible for Ravi. otoh, if you prefer not to take such responsibility, that's ok with me. ... then the questions you posed: first, praying (I usually pray/chant in conjunction with various Deities/Yidams such as Kali, Kwan Yin, etc)...IS DOING something. The enery circulates in the inner planes. The energy of pujas, Yagyas, prayers, etc; eventually manifests physically. By "doing" something I assume you mean on the physical plane of existence. That's a very limited pov.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_re...@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "yifuxero" <yifuxero@> wrote: > > > > pray for him in the traditional sense. The combined Shakti > > and good-will may steer him in the right direction, whatever > > that may be. > > Why does this strike me as exactly the same kind of > advice that got Ravi *into* this situation? > > Why does it strike me as the kind of belief that got > Levi Butler killed? "I know I'm supposed to be watch- > ing this guy, but I've got to go meditate right now. > Nothing bad can possibly happen if I do that." > > Where's the point at which people stop praying and > DO SOMETHING? > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" <do.rflex@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > > > > > RICK, she's right. This is potentially as serious as it *gets*. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine <salsunshine@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > On May 20, 2010, at 11:31 AM, Rick Archer wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > > > > > [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of tartbrain > > > > > > Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 11:14 AM > > > > > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > > > > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ravi Guru's mad delusional behavior > > > > > > revealed. > > > > > > > > > > > > IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF RICK CAN RESPOND AS TO WHAT HE IS DOING, IF > > > > > > ANYTHING, SO EFFORTS ARE NOT OVERLAPPING OR COUNTER PRODUCTIVE TO > > > > > > EACH OTHER. > > > > > > > > > > > > I emailed him privately. I'll keep you posted. > > > > > > > > > > Let me get this straight, Rick. A guy makes > > > > > numerous posts that could be interpreted > > > > > as violently threatening and indicating that > > > > > he could very possibly be in the throes of a > > > > > psychotic breakdown--and you email that same > > > > > person to ask...what? If he's "OK"? > > > > > > > > > > I'm no psychologist, but one could draw from > > > > > this the fact that you are trying to avoid dealing > > > > > with any form of unpleasantness from a person > > > > > you previously touted as "awakened." > > > > > > > > > > By all means don't do anything if you don't > > > > > feel like it---it's not like you're responsible for > > > > > him. I just hope what you did do isn't used > > > > > by him as evidence that he really is OK. Because by > > > > > all appearances, he's on the verge of some > > > > > serious doo-doo here. > > > > > > > > > > Sal > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Why is this all being made into being Rick's responsibility? What really > > > can Rick do that anyone else here can't do? > > > > > >
