--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "markmeredith2002" > <markmeredith@> wrote: > > > > Sounds very nice .. but I detect a few caveats are in order. > > Quite a few, actually. > > > One is that Divine Intelligence (DI) isn't looking to flow just > > through people who have completed the official 21 day course, > > offered by the latest hot hindu guru or his certified > > representative, whose $3000 check has successfully cleared, > > and is in good psychological and lifestyle standing within the > > guru's mov't. DI flows much more freely (heck even 14 day > > course graduates might have it). Maybe there's some > > juice flowing right now in this group, but if it forgets the > > all pervasive nature of DI it has already sown the seeds of > > its corruption. > > 'DI' sounds as atrocious to me as some of the silly > TM acronyms. :-) It's just a brand name. > > The experience is what it is. Calling it a fancy > name like 'Divine Intelligence' doesn't make it > either divine or intelligent. > > > Also, these sorts of phenomenon always have a big psychological > > or placebo effect, at least partially. Spiritual people tend > > to be amazingly naive about the science of this effect. > > Absolutely. Especially people who have been looking > in vain for some kind of experience for decades in > the TMO or other organization that talked a good game > but never delivered. Give such people a little hit of > even low-grade kundalini and they think they've seen God. :-) >
Of course, the TM organization HAS delivered for many people... > > Still placebos are real, they can have real added benefits - > > it's just that you need to distinguish what is psychological > > and what is truly spiritual, what is your own natural DI > > and what is coming from an "enlightened" guru -- or usually > > disappointments come up later. > > If you're expecting such experiences to be anything > *BUT* temporary, you're already setting yourself > up for a disappointment, in my opinion. The teacher > doesn't really "give" anything, although it can be > perceived that way from the student's point of view. > Unlike TM, which has an accumulative effect for the rest of a person's life, or so the latest research implies... > And the experience, as neat as it might be and as > useful at getting rid of doubts ("Oh my gawd...you > mean enlightenment really *does* exist!"), is very > much a temporary experience. If it inspires you to > keep on truckin' and doin' the things that might > make it a more permanent experience for you, then > transmission/empowerment/shaktipat/diksha might be > a good thing for you. If, however, all it does is > turn you into a diksha junkie, saving up for your next > "hit" of bliss from the guru, then in my opinion you > could've saved a lot of time and money by just buying > drugs. One kind of junkie is pretty much the same > as the other kind of junkie. > Something I tend to agree with, although Pentacostals who go to church every Sunday might disagree with you. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/