Interesting. There is a redemption sequence built into the song. I'll post a link to it soon maybe. Thanks Ro-ri!
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "RoryGoff" <rorygoff@...> wrote: > > Hey, Jim! > > It's an interesting question... I tend to see Brown as a saturated version of > Magenta, the color of the Forestress (or Pisces), whose shadow-side is the > victim: the confused and betrayed one, who matures through forgiveness and > temperance into the networker and communal support-group member. One might > then see Green meeting Brown as a Caregiver (or Priest) helping the Victim > mature into networking and communion... What about you; how do you see Brown, > and how do you see Green meeting Brown? > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" <whynotnow7@> wrote: > > > > Ro-ri! You speak about the green caregiver. What can you say about the > > color brown and its associations? I am putting a song together and decided > > to call it Green Meets Brown, without really knowing "what that means", and > > I am curious since you have already spoken about green and red in ways that > > make effortless sense to me, I am curious about your take on brown. Oh, and > > this is as one pseudo spacetime particle to another, over and out. > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "RoryGoff" <rorygoff@> wrote: > > > > > > Dear Robin, > > > > > > What a beautiful letter from a beautiful soul; the clarity and integrity > > > of your love feels as sweet and gently pervasive as ever -- moreso even. > > > I never dreamed you would someday read my account of our interaction; > > > what an odd feeling of self-recognition that is! And the occult > > > complexities were just for fun, a work of art, an attempted > > > self-portrait, its details (I hope) easily ignorable if they don't > > > resonate. I was also at the time still working things out, trying to > > > fine-tune a hypothesis which accounted for all the raw data. Things have > > > simplfied considerably since then. > > > > > > I feel I do understand your need to integrate or account for all of us > > > who interact with you. FWIW, sometime within the first few years of my > > > posting here, Tom Pall expressed a fervent desire that Homeland Security > > > would take me away and shoot me (and please correct me if I am > > > misrepresenting you here, Tom), I suspect because I had just described my > > > strong feeling that 9/11 was an inside job. But the effect of his posting > > > was beautiful. I felt gut-punched, eviscerated, and actually did refrain > > > from posting for a few days while I integrated "his" anger and wish that > > > I would die -- in fact, "I" died yet again, internally, for those three > > > days. > > > > > > And the result was that I found I had been repressing or ignoring my > > > "Tom-persona" while identifying with a "compassionate persona" which > > > appeared to be anti-Tom. (In my parlance, I had been ignoring my Red Man > > > or Warrior while overemphasizing my Green Man or Compassionate Caregiver. > > > The shadow-side or "demonic" of our Red Man is thwarted desire, fury, > > > bullying and even indiscriminate killing, which when reintegrated ripens > > > into zeal and a sense of divine timing or chronological order). In > > > reintegrating my idea of Tom I found my unconditional love for him-Us > > > again, and we have gotten along OK since then. (In my world, at least.) > > > :-) Of course this may be of no value to you and have nothing whatsoever > > > to do with you or your world, but who knows? I thought I would share it > > > anyhow. > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, maskedzebra <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > Dear Rory, > > > > > > > > Thank you very much for this. There is more of a loving intelligence > > > > that comes through your writing (and that description of your encounter > > > > with me back in 1982, well, it's so fair and objective and generous, I > > > > have always appreciated how you attempted to get at the truth (or the > > > > reality) of what was going on between us then). > > > > > > > > When someone responds positively to one, and there is real feeling > > > > there, it seems as if the universe itself is being friendly. In what > > > > you have said here, there is nothing but a true person speaking > > > > unaffectedlyyour sincerity gets through to me. > > > > > > > > The question remains, however, whether Tom Pall's judgment of me is > > > > equally sincere, not to say objectively true. I can't doubt his > > > > sincerity, but, if I felt what he said reflected reality's judgment of > > > > me, I certainly would have no choice but to leave off posting here. > > > > > > > > So, naturally, I am going to let myself be influenced more by what you > > > > have said to me, Rory. If, however Tom's feelings have some real > > > > justification, then I will have to hear him out. Meanwhile, it would be > > > > hard for me not to experience that what you have told me hereand the > > > > love that carries your wordsto be more congruent with the person that > > > > I am. > > > > > > > > I must suppose that my antipathy towards and disillusionment with my > > > > Master is perhaps part of the explanation for Tom's reaction? Yes, the > > > > Romance of my relationship with Maharishi was, so far, the greatest > > > > event of my life. At its height, had I been told that Maharishi was not > > > > what he seemed, nor that my experience of TM was metaphysically valid, > > > > I would have felt pity for the person who told me this. > > > > > > > > But having renounced Maharishi, his Teaching, and TM in the > > > > comprehensive way I have, I can understand Tom Pall's aversion to me > > > > and my posts (assuming he is still loyal to Maharishi). If I, in the > > > > intensity of my love and adoration of Maharishi had read anything like > > > > what I am now posting, well not responding like Tom is, I would > > > > nevertheless be determined to counter-attack in the fiercest and most > > > > uncompromising way. The critic of Maharishi and TM would get my very > > > > best shot. It would, after all, be my religious duty to respond this > > > > wayand I would believe I was only defending ultimate truth in doing so. > > > > > > > > But perhaps in Tom's case it's more than this, or something other than > > > > this. > > > > > > > > Meanwhile I can believe that your more loving intention is the > > > > appropriate one, and that Tom is fighting a rearguard action on behalf > > > > of Maharishi and the TMOof course I don't know this. I don't know > > > > anything about Tom Pall. But before reading what you wrote to me, Rory, > > > > I had very seriously contemplated not posting again until the 9th of > > > > Julyat the earliest. Just to let Tom's judgment have some effect. > > > > > > > > But you have persuaded me (love is like that, isn't it) to abandon this > > > > tentative plan, and so I remain open to posting, even though I must > > > > respect the experience of Tom's which gives him no alternative but to > > > > express his intense disapproval of me. > > > > > > > > Who knows, perhaps God deems his judgment the more appropriate onein > > > > comparison to yours. But I am praying this is not the case. > > > > > > > > If I may say it, in beginning to read your autobiography online I sense > > > > the virtual symphony of feelings, intuitions, visions, inspirations > > > > which musically and mystically play inside your consciousness. It is a > > > > little much for me to follow you in all this, especially when it starts > > > > to get complexly occult and mysterious. But your motives are > > > > transparent and authentic, so I must believe you have acquired some > > > > grace and wisdom in your intricate interface with religious truth. And > > > > I never sense someone dogmatic or deceived, or disconnected from > > > > realityno matter how esoteric your ideas are. I will persist in my > > > > attempt to read through to the end, although, as I say, it is much > > > > easier (for me) in the beginningfor example your account of the India > > > > course in 1980. That riveted me. In fact ANYONE'S careful reflections > > > > on their experiences with Maharishi are always of extreme interest to > > > > me. > > > > > > > > Rory, I didn't set out to write at such length as I have. Perhaps I > > > > just started to realize subconsciously that I somehow owed you the > > > > gratitude of your unbiased reporting of your experience with me, when I > > > > was performing out of the experience of my putative enlightenment > > > > (which has a place in your autobiography). > > > > > > > > In any case I will just express my thanks once more for the support you > > > > have given me by writing as you have. Because, believe me, Rory, it > > > > produced the desired effect. > > > > > > > > MZ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
