--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Yifu Xero <yifux...@...> wrote: > > from http://www.enlightened-spirituality.org/neo-advaita.html > > [The following is an analysis of what has come to be called > âAdvaita Syndromeâ or âAdvaita Disease,â written by a > philosophical counselor, Greg Goode (see his website: > www.heartofnow.com). This piece has often circulated anonymously, > but Greg is the author. He recently wrote to me: > "Dear Timothy... Writing about these satsang conceits was > inspired by several years of close observation of the zoological > type satsangus teacheritis. I used to visit and hang with two or > three satsang teachers per month for several years as they came > through NYC [New York City]. Boy could I tell you stories. I bet > you have some too! I'm glad to see your page on the craziness of > the neo-satsang movement. There's not much advaita to it so I > don't call it neo-advaita."]
As if being a "real" Advaitan was a good thing. How many Advaitans does it take to screw in a light bulb? Four: - One to screw it in. - One to not screw it in. - One to both screw it in and not screw it in. - One too neither screw it in nor not screw it in. :-) The thing that amuses me even more than the Neo-Advaitan "I've had a realization experience so I'm realized" act is the Edg Duveyoung "I've never had a realization exper- ience in my life but I understand Ramana Maharshi perfectly" act. The former at least can be referred to as delusion based on subjective experience; the latter only as delusion based on a complete misunderstanding of the intellect and its limitations, as well as an even more complete mis- perception of the shallowness of the intellect making the claim.
