Hi Peter

Thanks for responding - I hope you see this message as the threads have gone on.

It is not so good being an Australian in these forum environments as we seem to be getting a bad name - not just for our general politics but for those Byron Bay representatives - what does M call premies now?  Is is clients, customers, members, consumers maybe ???

I have met a couple of buddhists since I left K who seem to be able to relate to my experiences a little.  What has happened to me recently is that I lost a couple of my new found friends to a cult - a very strict one too.  When I last spoke to them they were just giving up garlic in case it interferred with their meditation - they had given up everything else ya know - meat, cigarettes, alcohol all the usuals.  I found it a little confronting and ironic and had no idea how to tell them they were going up the wrong path.  They began to look down on me with their spiritual egos.  It reminded me of myself when I first took knowledge and nothing my friends said could talk me out of my blissful discovery that Jesus was back!!!

I am just mending one of those relationships.

Lucky life takes a long time - there is still so much to do.

Cheers fellow aussi