maskedzebra: > Is anyone going to help me here? > Hope this helps you understand what you're dealing with, Robin.
"Uncle Tantra (UT) is suffering from acute Narcissism. Because he dropped-out of both TM and Rama's program he needs to "rewrite" history and trash religious groups that he once belonged to. Yet at the same time he needs to "show-off" to current "followers" and write spiritual essays of the same teachers he trashes in private. By engaging in this neurotic contradiction any personal failures are covered-up by UT's dual positions. Uncle Tantra's ego can instead present to others the image he clings to: a great writer, an advanced spiritual seeker that has gone into "Samadhi", and the hip 60's Jungian wise-old man persona that he so pathetically attempts to cultivate in his ramblings and even through his name 'Uncle Tantra'..." Read more: Subject: Barry Wright "Uncle Tantra" - An analysis Author: Garuda Newsgroups: alt.meditation.transcendental, alt.dreams.castaneda, alt.buddha.short.fat.guy Date: May 7, 2003 http://tinyurl.com/bvmrbdt
