--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "at_man_and_brahman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <rick@> wrote: > > > > From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Behalf Of lurkernomore20002000 > > Sent: Monday, May 28, 2007 11:57 AM > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Message from Ron > > > > > > > > Is this the same "Ron" who was a fanatical, abrasive, pro-TM, TM-is- > > > the-best, anti-everyone-else's-system TMer? Or is it another Ron? > > > > > > Same Ron, but he appears to have mellowed a lot. > > > > What is shocking is that he appears to have left Maharishi for a new > > Guru. It doesn't sound like the same Ron, although I read only a very > > small amount of the exchange. His postings used to be straight TM > > dogma. At least it doesn't appear that he is prostelitizing for Guru > > G. Only thing worse than spouting dogma about something, is finding a > > new cause and then spouting that new dogma, saying the old dogma > > suddenly became obsolete. > > > > He seems very balanced, sensible, and much more mature as a spiritual > > aspirant. And his writing style has improved dramatically. But I assure you, > > it's the same guy. > > > > Transfinite Ron has evolved to a plane of > yet higher cardinality: > > Message 33361 of 33523 > > From: "at_man_and_brahman" > Date: Sat Aug 28, 2004 3:15 am > Subject: an offer that can't be refused > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, > Ron F <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > The thing is there is no satisfaction of a deep > > and lasting nature on the level of logic, it is > > not a problem which has its solution on this > > level, it is a spiritual problem which has the > > solution on the level of consciousness. This is > > not a vague statement, it is something I can > > elaborate on forever if requested. > > > > I think that I speak for all of FFL in urging you, > pleading with you from the bottom of our > hridayams, to elaborate on this very point > forever, starting now, either in one infinitely > long post or in an infinite series of finite posts > or in an infinite series of infinitely long posts. > We, of course, won't be around to read much > of what you'll say, and the Internet won't be > a suitable medium for your commentary for > very long*, but those are mere details to be > worked out. > > The ages of Mother Divine will come and go > as fireflies in the twilight as your commentary > expands beyond all limits that only she can > conceive. > > The Ved itself will be exposed as an > infinitesimally puny subset of your commentary, > a trifling imposter in the fullness of Ronology. > > Go, Ron. Start now. We'll stick around for as > much as we can, and we'll encourage our > descendents to follow the thread for as > long as possible*. > > > *The infinite series of finite posts is probably > best given the eventual demise of the Internet. > As this technology, or later this planet, comes > to an end, the discontinuities inherent in posts > of finite length, some of which can be arbitrarily > brief, provide convenient stopping points for > moving your commentary to a newer medium or > planet or even universe as the need arises. If a > single post were infinitely long, somewhere in its > middle the Earth could be consumed by > a nova-stage sol or intersecting cosmic string, > for example, providing no node for you to find > another planet from which to continue working. > > **For so long as our species stays attentive and > continues to exist, or other intelligent species > get and stay involved, you will probably want to > make occasional shifts in the language of your > commentary from early 21st century American > English to newer forms of English and later > languages. You might want to learn Sanskrit > before you start the commentary. It is nature's > language and should be so for the duration of > your infinite project, but few beings will > understand you, if that matters. As a professional > proofreader, I'd be happy to proofread your > commentary for the rest of my comparatively > meaningless life. I charge by the hour. > Yes, atman, this was one of the all-time funniest posts, given the context at the time. I aughed for hours and reread it many times to get a lift. But I must say, Ron sounds really great - grounded, secure, clear, relaxed, dare I say content?. More power to him and Swmi G. I have read his letters to Rick with great interest.
