--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" <j_alexander_stan...@...> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" <dhamiltony2k5@> wrote: > > > > > > "I knew Daniel well and have a little different take than some > > > others. this is what my perception was knowing what was going on. > > > Had I known the last 2 months he told so many people his pain was > > > too great and he was thinking of killing himself I would have > > > intervened strongly in some way. intervention may have helped but > > > at the same time. a person has to be receptive and I don't know > > > how receptive Daniel was. that advaita group all think they are > > > beyond human help and looked to him as the mentor and teacher > > > and he had no one." <end paste> > > > > Buck, not to be intrusive but to understand, could you > > explain a little about this "advaita group" and Daniel's > > relationship to it? I don't know him, and I don't know > > any of the circumstances surrounding this, so it's a > > little difficult to follow things like the above. Thanks > > in advance. > > I think he's referring to the BATGAP crowd that gathers at Tom Traynor's > place every week. >
Yep it is Rick Archer and Thom Traynor's experience group that this person was commenting about. Apparently Daniel was a devoted attender for some while and was looked towards as a leader within the group because of his seeming elevated experiences and perspective. There is a lot of greiving and much discussion going on in Fairfield internally right now.
