The quality that IMO most distinguishes the "Neo-Advaitans" (and some lesser
dweebs like the ones we've run across on FFL before they ran away to form their
own groups/religions) is self-sufficiency.
NOT in the good sense of actually *being* self-sufficient, but in the sense of
allowing for no other interpretation of the nature of reality than their own.
Their word -- describing *their* subjective experience -- is all the "proof"
you should need of their exalted status. It doesn't matter whether they
contradict themselves from moment to moment, it doesn't matter whether their
actions are the complete opposite of how they claim they live their lives --
the only thing that matters is the thing they said the most recently. That is
Truth. Because they spake it.
This, I believe, is one of the worst things Maharishi ever did for his
followers -- convince them that their subjective experience is all they need to
define "being enlightened." There was never any external verification, because
none is needed. You just "know" you're enlightened. And once you "know," others
should believe you, because...uh...because you said so, and what you say is
Truth...because you're enlightened. So there.
Neo-assholes, is more like it...
From: "yifux...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2015 2:45 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightenment Story of Wayne Wirs
Almost all of the Batgappers (imo) are Neo or Pseudo-Advaitins, the
characteristerics of which are described in several excellent websites, if you
google "Neo-Advaita". They have numerous common qualities, but it best serves
us to provide some examples then identify the quallities of Neo-Advaita from
there - examples, Gangaji and Andrew Cohen. Many of them were devotees of HWL
Poonja, but by now there is a new crop of them, growing like bacteria or mold
on an old orange.:
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