--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Jason <jedi_sp...@...> wrote: > > > Jim always had a perverse rationale about such events and > situations. Remember, Jim also wanted the same Reverence and exalted > GuruStatus as Ravi. > > I also wouldn't be surprised at all, if Jim said "It's all good" if > Ravi met with a disaster. > > --- On Sat, 5/22/10, TurquoiseB <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote: > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Conversation with Mr. Chivukula > Date: Saturday, May 22, 2010, 12:24 AM > > > As counterpart, based on my recent skims of the BATGAP > forum, t'would seem that many there felt something "off" > about Ravi, from Day One. The only person who in my > reading of the posts seemed impressed by him, and *still* > seems to believe that there is not only nothing wrong > with him but that he really *is* experiencing a profound > awakening was -- wait for it -- Jim Flanegin. Those who > have read every post over there can correct me if they > feel my "skim reading" is inaccurate; it very well > could be. Some expressed downright concern for Ravi, > while Jim pooh-poohed their concerns. > > And these are people who are *conditioned* to see "enlight- > enment" where others see merely confusion and solipsism. > > While I thank you for your report, based on my experience > of seeing people have a minor "awakening" and set them- > selves up as "gurus" without the wherewithall to be one, > I'm predicting Ravi's eventual suicide. > > That seems to be what *happens* to such people. When their > fantasies of who they "really" are and how they should be > "really" treated by people around them don't work out, > they take the "I'll show them" route and leave them -- and > the world that "just doesn't understand how special they > are" -- behind. > > I'm not *hoping* for such an outcome, but I for one would > not be surprised by it. And if it happens, I think I can > safely predict Jim coming up with a hearty "It's all good" > about *that*, too.
But if Ravi is plain old seriously manic, and then gets good treatment and maintains it, then all this guru stuff will seem wild to him, too. In fact, if he gets well, he will understand why he felt that way but also recognize that it was totally unreal and part of the illness. He will hope that people can forget or forgive his wildness and wish that he had not broadcast his instability so far and wide. He won't be insisting on being a guru anymore and he won't feel like one, either, dull as that may be. Let's hope he gets good treatment . > > > >
