Herr Edelstein, We will have to do something about that stutter before taking your show on the road- but before we dwell too much on the angle of my dive, I'd like to explore your concept of alcohol abuse being a state of higher consciousness. You could be on to something:
"His craving for alcohol was the equivalent, on a low level, of the spiritual thirst of our being for wholeness, expressed in medieval language: the union with God.*" -from Carl Jung's letter to Bill W. http://www.sober.org/CarlJung.html ________________________________ From: Ravi Yogi <raviy...@att.net> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, August 3, 2011 2:07:29 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Small Pond Syndrome Yes. Check with me before you get any smart ideas to venture out from your Shallolalaland. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bob Price <bobpriced@...> wrote: > > Does this mean "going deep" is the same as being different? > > > ________________________________ > From: Ravi Yogi raviyogi@... > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Tuesday, August 2, 2011 2:12:47 AM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Small Pond Syndrome > > > Â > So get out of your Shallow Pond Syndrome. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ravi Yogi" raviyogi@ wrote: > > > > The amount of fish doesn't translate to Small. It is the depth, very few > > fish venture deep. The millions of small fish at the surface can't > > fathom the depth. You obviously find security, solace and strength in > > numbers. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > One of the things that seems to happen when one becomes > > > focused on one particular spiritual teacher is that over > > > time the people who do this seem to lose touch with the > > > real world and what *it* would think of that teacher. > > > > > > For example, my bet is that if you walked up to anyone > > > at random on the street in America and asked them who > > > Maharishi Mahesh Yogi was, at this point in time 70% > > > would have no idea. Another 29% would say, "Wasn't he > > > some Indian holy man that the Beatles hung out with > > > for a while?" Maybe -- and this is being generous -- > > > 1% would have heard anything about him *other than* > > > his association with the Beatles. > > > > > > Zero percent would reply, "The most important person in > > > my life," or "The bestest, most important spiritual > > > teacher ever to grace the planet Earth," or "An avatar > > > who single-handedly shifted the world from ignorance > > > into an Age of Enlightenment." My bet is that you asked > > > this question of a random sampling of 100,000 people, > > > in any town in America other than, say, Fairfield Iowa, > > > *not a single person* would reply with the answers in > > > this paragraph, or anything even remotely like them. > > > > > > And yet we hear things like this from long-term TMers, > > > who seem to actually think it's "normal." > > > > > > I get the feeling sometimes that many of the frogs who > > > believe this spent far too much time in a very, very > > > small pond, and need to get out more. > > > > > >
