Ann wrote:
Here is how I see it, in a nutshell. Empty can only interpret what Robin's experience was or wasn't based on his book learning or his own interpretation of book learning and teachers who 'told him so'. Robin had an experience and he has analyzed what that actually was, based on his time within the experience and his struggles and chronology getting 'free' of it. He alone truly knows what he has discovered in his long path toward separating himself from the influence of evil entities. Robin also knows himself to the degree to which he understands he is possessed of "infirmities" that would have allowed him to be vulnerable to that which is viewed as "enlightenment" by some. Robin was a victim of outside influences but his victimization was the result of inherent weaknesses within himself. Therefore, you can accuse Robin of conscious manipulation of others or being the author of dastardly deeds to the same degree that you can accuse a one-legged man of being too clumsy to dance the tango. Perfectly said, thank you.
