[FairfieldLife] Re: Sometimes crazy wisdom is just crazy

2011-12-13 Thread zarzari_786
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@... wrote: Gotta laugh at that right off the bat, zarzari. The Wikipedia article begins: Love bombing is the deliberate show of affection or friendship by an individual or a group of people toward another individual. Critics have

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sometimes crazy wisdom is just crazy

2011-12-13 Thread richardatrwilliamsdotus
...according to the dogma, a person can't be both enlightened AND crazy... Good topic Barry... turquoiseb: As for intellectual clarity, have you ever read any of the books by Chogyam Trungpa? Some are utterly brilliant, despite the fact (as we know now) that he was totally

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sometimes crazy wisdom is just crazy

2011-12-13 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, zarzari_786 no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: Judy, already there was so much praise about this post of yours, and I agree with that! that I hardly dare to answer you, You know, I'm glad if folks liked

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sometimes crazy wisdom is just crazy

2011-12-12 Thread zarzari_786
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: I think part of it is the belief in crazy wisdom that shows up in many spiritual traditions and cults. Once a group of cultists have decided that the teacher or holy guy they fixate on is enlightened or whatever, they

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sometimes crazy wisdom is just crazy

2011-12-12 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, zarzari_786 no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: I think part of it is the belief in crazy wisdom that shows up in many spiritual traditions and cults. Once a group of cultists have decided that the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sometimes crazy wisdom is just crazy

2011-12-12 Thread Susan
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, zarzari_786 no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: I think part of it is the belief in crazy wisdom that shows up in many

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sometimes crazy wisdom is just crazy

2011-12-12 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: But worse, IMO, some of the folks whom I think have lost perspective don't seem to know what they're messing with when they start trying to recruit people with borderline personality disorders into their petty grudge

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sometimes crazy wisdom is just crazy

2011-12-12 Thread zarzari_786
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: I know nothing of Sri Aurobindo, but didn't Ramakrishna spend years dressing in women's clothing and spend some time living in a tree as a monkey? Crazy wisdom, or just crazy? Well yes, there is a book about that out as

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sometimes crazy wisdom is just crazy

2011-12-12 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, zarzari_786 no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: I guess I bring this up because I see an increasingly disturbing trend here on FFL. Many people seem to have lost any sense of perspective on the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sometimes crazy wisdom is just crazy

2011-12-12 Thread obbajeeba
Turqky Saint, I salute you from behind the Anna Purna hall (I wish to keep my dome badge.) Please give YHO of and, by drawing a line in the sand to show who you think sides with whom. Make the list pretty, maybe using a graph, so we all can see who is who taking sides and lets see how long

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sometimes crazy wisdom is just crazy

2011-12-12 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, obbajeeba no_reply@... wrote: Turqky Saint, I salute you from behind the Anna Purna hall (I wish to keep my dome badge.) Please give YHO of and, by drawing a line in the sand to show who you think sides with whom. Make the list pretty, maybe

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sometimes crazy wisdom is just crazy

2011-12-12 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, zarzari_786 no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: snip As for intellectual clarity, have you ever read any of the books by Chogyam Trungpa? Some are utterly brilliant, despite the fact (as we know now)

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sometimes crazy wisdom is just crazy

2011-12-12 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: On 12/12/2011 03:16 AM, turquoiseb wrote: Monday mornings are usually light for me work-wise, so I take advantage of it to catch up on episodes of both Dexter and Homeland, which have downloaded overnight. I did so this

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Sometimes crazy wisdom is just crazy

2011-12-12 Thread Emily Reyn
: authfriend jst...@panix.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 8:48 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Sometimes crazy wisdom is just crazy   --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, zarzari_786 no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Sometimes crazy wisdom is just crazy

2011-12-12 Thread Ravi Yogi
Dear Judy, No. 49 for you. I can only say wow. That clear intellect again, I don't want to sound patronizing but this is your best post ever that I have read. I know you were standing alone bravely facing the metaphorical demons of ignorance and deception caused by deep emotional wounds -

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Sometimes crazy wisdom is just crazy

2011-12-12 Thread Bhairitu
On 12/12/2011 09:18 AM, turquoiseb wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitunoozguru@... wrote: On 12/12/2011 03:16 AM, turquoiseb wrote: Monday mornings are usually light for me work-wise, so I take advantage of it to catch up on episodes of both Dexter and Homeland, which have

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sometimes crazy wisdom is just crazy

2011-12-12 Thread Xenophaneros Anartaxius
Yes, Judy, this was a really pleasant, bright post. Attachment, in relation to 'enlightenment', is really kind of like a disorder. One can have preferences rather than attachments, and one never really knows if an unexperienced attachment is lurking in some hidden shadow. It seems to me that

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sometimes crazy wisdom is just crazy

2011-12-12 Thread zarzari_786
Judy, your post was brilliant, and I never had a doubt that your intellect is among the sharpest here, and that's why I can say to you, I have the clear feeling, there is some love-bombing going on here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_bombing I can understand that this is luring, especially

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sometimes crazy wisdom is just crazy

2011-12-12 Thread seventhray1
Ah, thank you again Ravi. (and sorry to spoil the mood for anyone else). Since there's been a tendency of late on FFL to affix handles on those posters we don't particularly care for, I've been thinking about what handle I might want to affix on Ravi. The first one I came up with was Ravi the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sometimes crazy wisdom is just crazy

2011-12-12 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, zarzari_786 no_reply@... wrote: Judy, your post was brilliant, and I never had a doubt that your intellect is among the sharpest here, and that's why I can say to you, I have the clear feeling, there is some love- bombing going on here

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sometimes crazy wisdom is just crazy

2011-12-12 Thread zarzari_786
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@... wrote: Judy, already there was so much praise about this post of yours, and I agree with that! that I hardly dare to answer you, so I started from bottom up, I write this here last (almost) Couple things. First, any addiction that

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sometimes crazy wisdom is just crazy

2011-12-12 Thread obbajeeba
Let me try this one. Ravi the Ravana Wrecker! Sita waits so long for the return of her Rama, but for some reason the name, Ravi, keeps coming up. Oh, says Sita, Silly me, the Sun (Ravi) is rising to the east and I sit and wait for my Rama's return and I have been overlooking the most beautiful