On Jun 3, 2010, at 10:16 AM, Duveyoung wrote:
For you folks who think that Dan's suicide was crazy nuts and are
rather high strung about how New Agers are waxing on about Dan, I'm
asking if you see that that's a religious position. Meaning that
you're displaying values which, like religious values, are matters
of faith much more than fact.
Actually from a practical perspective, human life is precious,
therefore it's not something to be wasted. You're also interrelated
to other beings who, even if they don't depend on you financially,
depend upon you emotionally at some heart level.
I have, say, three, four, five and who knows how many more theories
about what happens after death, and given your alarm about Dan, the
atmosphere for discussion here is seriously dampened. Edification
here? Sure....
Why would anyone try to get closure here with some sort of framing
about Dan that they can abide with? No matter the theory, someone
here is sure to stompsmashshit on it. This is not a healing place
now is it?
Suicide is generally not a healing act. The exception of course being
people in terrible pain and/or a terminal illness. I do not believe
either of these apply to Daniel.
That's the bane of FFL -- you have to be a fool to post anything
that your heart is (perhaps temporarily yes) resonating with.
Or maybe you're just having a having a hard time after being sucked
in by another TM Org poseur? After all, people like Dan would find
their perfect target in old believers who are still clinging on to
some desperate hope that some TMer out there really did benefit. TM
works! I was enlightened just like Marshy said, with a couple
flourishes thrown in from some old Ramana I read!
Then when the rug is pulled out from that idea--unless you
rationalize suicide somehow as a selfless or beneficial act--you're
left to either accept the grim reality of unenligthenment, or try to
rationalize it.
