> > > > > > --- "authfriend" <authfriend@> wrote: > > > > > > His philosophy is his own, not "borrowed," first of all, as > > > Barry would know if he'd been reading Robin's posts. Second, > > > given that he has concluded Maharishi was fundamentally a > > > fraud-- > > > > > > "Objectively, I have have been forced to conclude that Maharishi > > > did not possess either the personal or even impersonal integrity > > > to justify what he claimed to be and what he claimed as his > > > purpose in this life." > > > > > > --how would this "butter up" TMers? > > > > > > > --- "Jason" <jedi_spock@> wrote: > > > > Could it be that Robin suffers from a disconnect between his > > emotional relationship with Maharishi and his intellectual > > relationship with Maharishi? > > > > If Maharishi is a fraud and he still loves this fraud and > > has fond memories of this fraud? > > > > That means Robin is in the same boat as Barry who has fond > > memories of this 'Cheater cunt Rama' and brags over and over > > again about how much he benefited from him. > > > > Think about it authbabe. Maybe you too have this > > disconnect. > > > > --- "raunchydog" <raunchydog@...> wrote: > > Good Lord, Jason. Robin and Barry in the same boat is insulting to Robin and > boats. Suffering from "emotional and intellectual disconnect" are words I > would use to describe Barry not Robin, not ever. Robin runs to the truth > about himself, he hides nothing. He is courageous. No matter how much > criticism Barry gets for his behavior on FFLife, even if the truth bites him > squarely in the ass, he never feels it. Barry is the most self-unaware person > I have ever encountered. He is a coward. > > All things TM and Maharishi are an anathema to Robin, yet he does not deny > the truth of his experience that he once loved Maharishi. IMO Barry never > loved Fred or Maharishi, except for what he thought he could take from them. > >
I think you nailed it. Barry did love Maharishi once upon a time but for some reason denies it. You know, there was a time when I believed that Maharishi was the greatest person ever, after Sage Vyasa and Adi Sankara. I had the same ecstatic belief. It was a period of innocense. It got destroyed when it joined FFL about 8 years ago. I agree that Barry's engagement of Robin is indirect and devious. Atleast Curtis, Xeno and I were direct and forthright. > Robin: > "I could, it is true, surrender myself to my TM-Maharishi past, and become > totally consumed by that mystical context--and as you rightly point out, or > imply: to do so would undo all of what I have achieved in these twenty-five > years. So I treat all things TM and Maharishi as anathema. But this does not > mean denying what was true, most profoundly true for me: that Maharishi was > like the Son of God come onto the earth--like Christ--and that he raised me > up and transformed me and strengthened me and loved me and filled me with his > grace and his own enlightened mind and heart. I have come to recognize a > higher truth than Maharishi, but I shall never, as long as I remain in this > world, ever experience the kind of ecstasy and love and exhilaration and > power and energy that I experienced in the presence of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, > raunchy." > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/323468 > > > > > TM critics, maybe. It's always puzzled me that the most > > > vocal TM critics on this forum are also Robin's most vocal > > > critics. You'd think they'd be eager to make common cause > > > with him. > > > > > > > 6. Have you ever considered the possibility that you > > > > *projected* onto him all of the experiences you claim came > > > > *from* Maharishi, and that one of the reasons you did this > > > > is just to avoid dealing with the possibility that you had > > > > an enormous man-crush on him? You admit that the love you > > > > felt for him was the "highest love you'd ever experienced," > > > > but don't seem to deal with the ramifications of that. > > > > What's up with that? > > > > > > How can one suggest he has "avoided dealing with the > > > possibility" that he had an "enormous man-crush" on > > > Maharishi when he's stated explicitly over and over how > > > much he loved him? > > > > > > > > >
