yes SuzyQ., that was not my experience as a kid either: this wanting followed by immediate disenchantment. Far from it. I also played with simple things and went on and on playing. On my own or with siblings and neighbours.
Seems to me that most children have great capacity to plug into a world of imagination and marveling. Independant of the material value or newness of the toy.
And yes, Rawat had us believe indeed that everything except himself and his so called Knowledge, was utter crap.
Looking back at it, I can see it impoverished my life generally speaking to a huge extent.
I loved my own children always. But other than this strong connection I had with them, I went deep into dis-connecting with any kind of curiosity/interest for anything which did not have to do with him and his trip.
We froze our tongues into the discourse he wanted us to have.
Our brains were pretty frozen also.
