Well Robin - I have always felt bad for the fact that I live in the Western Civilization with hardly any knowledge on Christianity - you writings have helped a little bit but I was hoping I could somehow make it up by having a partner from the West who could possibly educate and enlighten me on aspects of Christianity. But I'm sure it's never too late - I hope such a partner can challenge me, like the statements below and somehow stimulate me into some new insights, something that could possibly make you happier than my current views :-)
On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 1:52 PM, Robin Carlsen <maskedze...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Your remarks on Jesus, Ravi, are hilarious. You have a perfect (and > destined) innocence when it comes to Christianity--zero intuition. Your > Brahman ancestors have kept you immunized from the Incarnation. And this, I > think, is as it should be. Your knowledge of Hinduism is true and real, > your knowledge of Christianity is the proof that metaphysically it not > longer exists--else, even unconsciously it would influence you. It has no > influence on you whatsoever--and this seems true to me. True, then, to the > present ontological context of the whole damn universe. ;-) > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Chivukula <chivukula.ravi@...> > wrote: > > > > Well I think MMY's behavior is a little strange. Most of the Hindus I > know, > > including myself naturally respect Jesus and Christianity since it is > part > > of the Hindu conditioning of "to each his own". > > > > However I can identify with what Curtis crudely states as "Hindu > > triumphalism". It's natural that the Hindu thought or the ancient Indian > > wisdom's insistence on the purity, dignity, freedom of each individual's > > inner journey being superior to Christian fascination on a > life-abnegating, > > poverty worshipping messiah from the dark ages which is no different from > > the Guru worship. In this case Maharishi was a big fucking hypocrite. > > > > I also don't agree with Curtis when he states that Jesus should have been > > medicated. Grandiosity and delusional behavior are a natural side effect > of > > the highly intense, impersonal mystical energy. Jesus was just not > > sophisticated or intelligent enough to see it and he didn't have to - > this > > was 2000 years back. If I was around Jesus I would have asked him to stop > > making a fool of himself, stop insulting my individual freedom and > dignity > > by his insistence on suffering for my sins. I would have given him some > > decent clothes, some money and asked him to get a girlfriend and a job. > But > > of course it's not a fair comparison since Jesus was the right answer for > > people 2000 years back since the culture was crude, uneducated and > > unsophisticated. > > > > So any criticism of Jesus has to consider the context he was in and the > > people, culture he was in. It's disgusting when the same mindset > continues > > in the fascination for charlatans like Ammachi. >
