Re: "Trusting" that you got what was promised
Re: "Trusting" that you got what was promised -- Joe	Top of thread		Forum

Posted by: paddy ® 03/21/2005, 21:53:45 Author Profile Edit Alert Moderators

Hi Joe, I'm not a premie, I left even before you did because it became obvious that Divine Light Mission's so-called "techniques of Knowledge" were not working. I absolutely agree that EV is a cult. Now I can understand Gerry responding to what he thought I wrote but your posts are usually lucid and intelligent. I agree with nearly all of your posts but I find they paint the premie world too darkly and so I have tried to give a lighter and more realistic perspective. You have been out of touch with premies for decades, haven't you? I have maintained contact to this day. I enjoyed my 7 or 8 years in DLM and I see that lots of premies do to this day. It ain't bliss but it ain't bad. Think about it, if you had been enjoying 70's DLM life then the dualities weren't a problem, shallow and callow though they are. I enjoyed practising so I wasn't looking to "space out". I enjoyed the premie community but then I wasn't in an ashram. I'm not the osrt of person who is prepared to compromise on the promises that were made so I left but quite a few thousand people obviously are.

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Like the two classic theatrical masks, comedy and tragedy --- Jim ( Mon, Mar 21, 2005, 22:18:41 ) ( 1387 bytes ) +1 Re: Like the two classic theatrical masks, comedy and tragedy --- paddy ( Mon, Mar 21, 2005, 23:00:01 ) ( 766 bytes ) +1 Were Dracula's victims happy? --- Jim ( Mon, Mar 21, 2005, 23:13:42 ) ( 282 bytes ) +1 Re: It's not as if he's a lawyer --- paddy ( Mon, Mar 21, 2005, 23:34:42 ) ( 496 bytes ) +1 If this were a debate, I'd say you just shot yourself in the foot --- Jim ( Tue, Mar 22, 2005, 10:36:20 ) ( 584 bytes ) +2 well said, Jim --- lesley ( Tue, Mar 22, 2005, 15:25:10 ) ( 534 bytes ) +1 Re: Not much longer on the merry-go-round --- paddy ( Tue, Mar 22, 2005, 16:57:39 ) ( 390 bytes ) +1 one foot nailed to the floor --- lesley ( Wed, Mar 23, 2005, 15:55:52 ) ( 1259 bytes ) +1 Re: one foot nailed to the floor --- paddy ( Wed, Mar 23, 2005, 17:12:45 ) ( 495 bytes ) +1 Something extra to be gained in life --- JHB ( Thu, Mar 24, 2005, 01:02:20 ) ( 1190 bytes ) +2 Good one, John --- Jim ( Thu, Mar 24, 2005, 01:22:59 ) ( 982 bytes ) Re: Something extra to be gained in life --- paddy ( Thu, Mar 24, 2005, 16:26:12 ) ( 1379 bytes ) +2 Re: Something extra to be gained in life --- Cynthia ( Fri, Mar 25, 2005, 07:07:06 ) ( 3153 bytes ) out of the frying pan and into the fire --- lesley ( Fri, Mar 25, 2005, 14:32:48 ) ( 966 bytes ) Re: If this were a debate, I'd say you just shot yourself in the foot --- paddy ( Tue, Mar 22, 2005, 17:05:03 ) ( 1021 bytes ) +1 It's not ad hominem if there's a relevant interest --- Jim ( Tue, Mar 22, 2005, 17:43:48 ) ( 754 bytes ) +1 Re: It's not ad hominem if there's a relevant interest --- paddy ( Tue, Mar 22, 2005, 19:39:02 ) ( 825 bytes ) +1 Involvement is based on deception... --- Cynthia ( Wed, Mar 23, 2005, 06:45:19 ) ( 2263 bytes ) +1 Re: Involvement is based on deception... --- paddy ( Wed, Mar 23, 2005, 15:09:52 ) ( 826 bytes ) +1 Re: Involvement is based on deception... --- Cynthia ( Thu, Mar 24, 2005, 06:26:25 ) ( 2846 bytes ) But the question is enjoying in comparison to WHAT? --- Joe ( Tue, Mar 22, 2005, 18:09:00 ) ( 2932 bytes ) +1 Re: But the question is enjoying in comparison to WHAT? --- paddy ( Tue, Mar 22, 2005, 19:52:15 ) ( 1089 bytes ) +1 Re: But the question is enjoying in comparison to WHAT? --- Joe ( Wed, Mar 23, 2005, 13:04:30 ) ( 1240 bytes ) +1 Re: But the question is enjoying in comparison to WHAT? --- paddy ( Wed, Mar 23, 2005, 15:20:59 ) ( 1203 bytes )