---right, but the article is a parody of Ramesh and is highly critical of his version of Advaita (derived from Nisargadatta Maharaj) but curiously twisted in a perverse way since it seems to "explain' everything with pat non-sensical phrases which lead only to circular arguments - kind of like saying "what will be, will be". Anything that Ramesh can't offer an explanation for is explained away quickly by his all purpose phrase: "It's all part of the total functioning". If, during the interview there was a mugging taking place 20 feet away, Ramesh no doubt say "no problem, it's all part of the total functioning of the universe". Such tautologies are useless. I Like Flanagan better.
In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "tertonzeno" <tertonzeno@> wrote: > > > > The euphoric nihilism of Ramesh Balsekar. > > > > http://www.wie.org/j20/balsekar.asp > > I certainly do not experience my life as Ramesh Balsekar describes, > but my brief exposure to his ideas occurred during my dark night of > the soul, and I really enjoyed and appreciated his perspective. > Looking back, I think the reason I enjoyed him so much is that at the > time, my entire identity was bound up in I/me, and Ramesh's > perspective offered me a glimpse of the absolute polar opposite of my own. >
