wow! what a reaction. is this an extreme example of shooting the messenger? don't even need a show of hands for that.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@... wrote: > > Sorry, no street cred for you, little guy. Any student of human nature knows that you cannot first shit all over someone, as you have Robin, and then trot out some third party excerpt, trying to show your objectivity. > > Who does that?? Only an idiot would operate that way, or someone so bent on denigrating someone, that they fail to see their own transparency (in other words, an idiot). > > Personally, I rate your post, "CI", for Completely Impotent. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: > > > > I pass along here something sent to me by a lurker who preferred to have > > someone else post it so as not to become a target for the "Robin > > supporters." It is an excerpt from a book called "Sacred Schisms: How > > Religions Divide," edited by James R. Lewis and Sarah M. Lewis. > > > > I cannot confess to having done all my Steinian Due Diligence on the > > editors, but a quick glance at their other works seems to indicate that > > they are scholars with an interest in religions, as opposed to someone > > with an axe to grind. I pass it along because it seems to be something > > we don't get much of around here, a view of the whole Robin phenomenon > > presented without emotion or allegiance to one "side" of the story or > > another. It seems to present some contradictions to claims here about > > how much Robin continued to "revere" Maharishi and his teachings during > > his 15 minutes of fame. > > > > The Amazon link to their book is the first link below, and a Google > > Reader "Look Inside This Book" is provided at the second (and third) > > links. Google Reader does not seem to allow cut-and-paste, so I cannot > > duplicate it here. The link pointed for me to page 292, but the > > information about Robin and his relationship with Maharishi starts at > > the bottom of page 289. It is missing page 294 for some reason. > > > > http://www.amazon.com/Sacred-Schisms-How-Religions-Divide/dp/0521881471 > > > > > > > > > http://books.google.com/books?id=2ama0nYRlB8C&pg=PA292&lpg=PA292&dq=%22R\ \ > > obin+Carlsen%22&source=bl&ots=T2I4atqqNl&sig=eRRuklROm7gPtmTdS7FEHPvCU8M\ \ > > &hl=en&sa=X&ei=GODTUc2-B9P20gXaioDIAw&ved=0CGUQ6AEwCDge#v=onepage&q=%22R\ \ > > obin%20Carlsen%22&f=false > > > > Robin+Carlsen%22&source=bl&ots=T2I4atqqNl&sig=eRRuklROm7gPtmTdS7FEHPvCU8\ \ > > M&hl=en&sa=X&ei=GODTUc2-B9P20gXaioDIAw&ved=0CGUQ6AEwCDge#v=onepage&q=%22\ \ > > Robin%20Carlsen%22&f=false> > > > > http://tinyurl.com/nwpvnuc > > >
