My father thought Robin was extraordinary. He had a private meeting with him in a hotel room. My father was a very powerful CEO, longtime meditator and no fool (or maybe he was). He saw something strange and powerful there. My mother hated the man, even wrote him a letter claiming she "rued the day her daughter had met him." One of my sisters virtually disowned me and the other one let me have my space. By the way, your image of the "forks clinking on vegetarian plates..." not true but hilarious!
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <curtisdeltablues@...> wrote: > > Hey Susan if its any consolation, that thought also crossed my mind that > someone had been sent into battle since she focused on Vaj and seemed to be > going down the "Vaj never met Robin" road pretty early. > > Nothing like the facts to disrupt fantasy! Anyway, you were not alone. > > Now that that is settled I hope Ann sticks around and tells some stories. I > am curious how her TMy family members reacted to the blasphemy of going off > with Robin. That was such a terrifying no no, it took some unusual self > confidence. > > So how did that go down Ann, I imagine forks clinking on vegetarian filled > plates with your sisters and you piping up: "hey could you pass me the tempeh > and tofu curry and BTW I'm with the Anti-Christ now. Soooo how did your day > go?" > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Susan" <wayback71@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > Hey Susan, > > > > > > This has been a bit of a culture shock for me at FFL. But I feel you > > > have given me an opening here to clarify something without being shot out > > > of the water. And it relates to the conjecturing as to how I happen to > > > have appeared at FFL at the exact time that I did. > > > > > > I will tell you something strange. I went to the funeral of a former > > > member of Robin's group about two weeks ago. I do not associate with the > > > former members even though many of them live within an hour of me. There > > > are perhaps 20 of them. By some fluke, two days earlier the husband of > > > the deceased ex-member called out to me in the grocery store to say that > > > his wife had died and invited me to the service. Now, I never see these > > > people and here he was at this moment with this news. I felt like I > > > should go to the funeral. It was filled with many of my old Robin > > > acquaintances, really the core group from years before the Americans got > > > involved. It was really strange for me but also strangely nice to see > > > them, to see that they were thriving and happy in their marriages, with > > > their abundant kids (virtually every one of them are devout Catholics). > > > > > > Now one of those former members emailed me a few days later listing a > > > whole whack of links to posts that Robin had made on this site. No one > > > had seen or heard from him for 25 years so this was big news. I clicked > > > on some of these links and FFL was revealed. And I started to read, and > > > read and read and discovered that it was indeed Robin (no one who was > > > familiar with his writing could mistake the style, the lack of brevity > > > (!), the brilliance.) > > > > > > So there I was scrolling down pages and pages of posts and there was one > > > where he was conversing with Vaj. There was this perfect space created, > > > this fleeting opportunity to insert my comment because he mentioned > > > something about if anyone who had really been there with him all those > > > years ago and spoke out he would know for certain if they had experienced > > > the real deal with him in the context of a seminar. > > > > > > And then I just sort of jumped in. It seemed like all these events had > > > colluded to result in this spontaneous post, it was like it was my cue. > > > There was no planning, I am not Robin in disguise (d-uh) and I really had > > > no agenda. I still don't. I have no idea where this is all going. > > > > > > As of this morning I was definitely not going to stick around. Too much > > > weird negativity toward me, too much work to make myself heard and the > > > anonymity aspect gives the wrong kind of license to people who want to > > > behave badly. > > > > > > If I do stick around here is what you can expect from me: honesty, > > > willingness to clarify when possible, civility and respect for the same > > > when it is shown to me. The beauty of the internet is I can just go away > > > in a moment if I need to. > > > > > > Hopefully you made it to the end of this long post. But I'm still not > > > Robin. > > > > I made it ti the end, and I believe you are not Robin! And thanks for the > > clarification - I wondered how you got here when you did. You kind of > > jumped in at a time when the level of anticipation and expectation about > > what you might say was unrealistic and really had to do with Robin, not you > > yourself. > > > > FFL is interesting and you might find it fun. It also can bring up > > memories and provide some perspective on old mind sets and belief systems. > > Here, I realize my own thoughts and issues are far from unique, even though > > in daily life not many of my colleagues think about the stuff I do. Things > > like the brain, the self, consciousness, what it all means, what it might > > not mean. There is a nice mix here, most having marinated in some spiritual > > juices for quite some time. Thanks for the reply. > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Susan" <wayback71@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > I think I owe an apology to you, Ann. When you arrived here a few days > > > > ago, I thought you had been asked by Robin to join FFL. The reason for > > > > that assumption is that he had recently asked if anyone who knew him > > > > back in the 70's and 80's would please post here about what he was like > > > > then and what it was like to be involved in his course. And you > > > > appeared! Robin wanted to defuse Vaj's comments about those times. I > > > > thought you were responding to that call from Robin. I also thought > > > > you would then clear up some of the issues between Vaj's perception of > > > > the events surrounding Robin, and Robin's own memories. > > > > > > > > Whether you are here to support Robin or not, I do not know. But your > > > > comments are interesting. Welcome. I described your posts as "evasive" > > > > because I wanted you to explain in more detail about your time with > > > > Robin. That was an unfair characterization by me. So, now that I am > > > > home from work and have a chance to read the posts of today and settle > > > > down and spend more than 30 seconds at FFL, I realize I made a mistake. > > > > You obviously have no obligation to answer questions about your time > > > > with Robin. Just enjoy your time here at FFL and, again, welcome. > > > > > > >
