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<--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "dhamiltony2k5" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <rick@> wrote: > > > > > > I said: > > > > I thought a lot about this and kind of "felt" my way into it >during > > meditation, and here's what I think (and feel). I love you, >Bobby, > >Paul > > Morehead, Craig Pearson, my old Purusha buddies, and the many >good > >souls in > > the movement. Most of the people I just mentioned love what >they're > >doing > > and seem to be thriving doing it. > >Doug writing: > Yes Rick, Good People doing bad things, continuing to support such >an > organization as it has become. > > -Doug in FF > > I think this is a wonderful attempt on their part to come out. >-Doug in FF >Rick Responding: >This guy is not an official spokesman. Just a friend. Still, is encouraging. These guys drink Raja's Cup and sip Vata Tea at those highest FF TMorg levels together. May be they are just ir- reconcilable, given they just want to talk on their terms and not entertain their negativity. More than likely they cannot do anything but it is a hopeful sign of life on their part. Jai Guru Dev, -Doug in FF > > > >Bobby (to whom I'm Cc-ing this >note) > > absolutely glows with love, energy, and enthusiasm. I consider him > >a genuine > > saint, (although, being a genuine saint, he wouldn't admit or even > >know that > > he is). So many of the people I just mentioned are brilliant at > >what they > > do. I couldn't hold a candle to them. > > > >My heart recoils at the >thought of > > engaging them in a conversation in which I would be obligated to > >bring out > > things that might dampen their enthusiasm and devotion. If it ever > >becomes > > more evolutionary for some of these people to leave the movement > >than to > > stay in it, then probably that's what they'll do. Most of those who > >stay in > > the movement will see them as having fallen or become deluded, > >because > > seeing their course of action as perfectly acceptable might shake > >the > > foundations of their own motivation. But those who leave can live > >with that. > > > > > > > > The conditions you've set up for our discussion are not equitable. > You > > clearly imply that you possess "the truth" and that I am mired > in "negative > > judgments" from which you might extricate me. I don't regard you or > anyone > > as having a monopoly on the truth. If some of my own judgments are > overly > > negative, I'd certainly like to revise them. Others may be > insightful or > > well-informed, but for you to see them that way would be to start a > crack in > > the cosmic egg, and as I said above, I don't want to do that. I > don't mean > > to sound condescending, but chicks have to peck their way out. > Helping them > > from the outside can be injurious. > > > > > > > > My guiding principles are pretty well expressed by the quotes on > the home > > page of FairfieldLife: > > > > > > > > "What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the wish to find > out, which > > is the exact opposite." ~ Bertrand Russell > > > > > > > > "The healthy mind challenges its own assumptions." ~ The I Ching > > > > > > > > "Whatever you think, it's more than that" ~ Incredible String Band > > > > > > > > "Believe nothing merely because you have been told it. Do not > believe what > > your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But > > whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, > > conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings -- > that > > doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide." ~ Dharma- > pada, > > Buddha Shakyamuni > > > > > > > > "Take what you need and leave the rest." ~ The Band > > > > > > > > I do not claim to know the truth. I hope my judgments, if I am > making any, > > remain open to revision as new information presents itself. And I > try never > > dismiss any information out of hand. "Pretty much any topic is fair > game." > > (Another line from the FFL description.) We don't live in a black > and white > > universe and a fundamentalist, holier-than-thou attitude, whoever > expresses > > it, is a reflection of individual ego, not of the true nature of > things. It > > reveals a failure to appreciate God's infinite, all-embracing, > compassionate > > nature. > > > > > > > > So I hope we always remain friends, and can spend some fun time > together, as > > I often do with the Moreheads, without friction over our different > > orientations. Perhaps a few years from now we'll each see things > from > > different perspectives, and long discussions will be appropriate and > > fruitful. > > > > > > > > Your pal, > > > > > > > > Rick > > > > > > > > P.S. The Vikings say they're coming for you next. > > >
