--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Nice details on the early days. I was 16 in 1974 when I got involved, > just a kid. My teacher came from the days you remember. The tone > changed through the years as you describe. But I don't view myself as > a victim of the movement. Pointing out its flaws or dirty tricks > doesn't make me a victim. How I respond would. I chose all my > movement participation and had lots of fun. It was a mixed bag. But > when I was in it, I was all in baby! I enjoyed the intensity.
Not being able to see the flaws or dirty tricks is being a victim of the mov't, and perhaps running onto stages screaming about keeping the tmo away from your children is also being a victim. > I think that MMY's ideas about of collective consciousness is > different from karma theory, but I could be wrong. I haven't thought > about this stuff in detail in so many years. Maybe it is just a > version of it. I understand your point better from your explanation > of how you view it. I think of karma theory as a devise to maintain > the caste system in India. It seems like a convenient way to keep > people from acting up in lower castes and to blame people for their > own birth defects. I find it far from a comforting explanation of > events. I choose to believe in randomness over intended malice from > the universe. I guess we all have to face this very fundamental > philosophical question "why does shit happen?" for ourselves. Great paragraph. I think that the men in power used the theory of karma to help prop up their completely secular power grap, the caste system, though the karma concept can still survive independently after you see through and dump the caste concept. I like your randomness over malice idea. I think the evolution of individuality and all the social systems that go with it in human civilization is a good evolutionary thing, but I also think that spiritual people sometimes need to get over themselves and realize that the laws of nature aren't interested in fitting into their self centered belief systems about themselves. 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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
