Why so bitter about the knowledge?
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Posted by: IanF ® 04/01/2005, 18:28:35 Author Profile Edit Alert Moderators

I got involved in the whole guru maharaji thing in the late 80s, ending up in receiving 'the knowledge'. I was never asked to pay money. Afterwards, I went to satsangs and even saw the guy at a big London venue. I was never asked to pay any money for any of this. Going through the process was pretty amazing - hard to describe. I stopped practising because I felt I was too young to be so content. It was like there was nothing left to figure out.  I decided I'd leave it til I got older. I don't understand why everyone's got it in for the guy. He was obviously not trying to be an infallible master of the universe. I never got the impression he wanted people to treat him as an idol. He seemed to go to great lengths to make people question and dislike him. Maybe people around him talked him up this way. He represented an idea, like a musician who creates amazing music but does stupid things in their own life you'd never condone. Just looking up the techniques for 'the knowledge' on the internet and using them as a relaxation technique might work. Just like you can look up the lyrics of a really good song without ever hearing it sung. You won't get the same effect as when you hear a song just at that time in your life when it seems to strike a chord in you.

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I have a question --- Joe ( Fri, Apr 01, 2005, 18:40:04 ) ( 469 bytes ) link Re: 'Guru Maharaji' in the late '80s? --- paddy ( Fri, Apr 01, 2005, 19:07:55 ) ( 414 bytes ) +1 Hey, something we actually agree about, paddy --- gerry ( Sat, Apr 02, 2005, 11:43:26 ) ( 140 bytes ) Clueless --- Jim ( Fri, Apr 01, 2005, 19:39:09 ) ( 101 bytes ) Now that you're a bit older..... --- PatD ( Fri, Apr 01, 2005, 21:32:37 ) ( 228 bytes ) +1 They MUST be tofu-dogs, right? --- NAR ( Mon, Apr 04, 2005, 13:02:06 ) ( 98 bytes ) It's time you educated yourself, Ian --- JHB ( Sat, Apr 02, 2005, 00:08:43 ) ( 770 bytes ) link +1 But beware of spurious logic, Ian --- check ( Sat, Apr 02, 2005, 00:49:48 ) ( 964 bytes ) +5 Interesting point Check --- Jethro ( Sat, Apr 02, 2005, 02:10:51 ) ( 355 bytes ) Re: But beware of spurious logic, Check --- Cynthia ( Sat, Apr 02, 2005, 05:23:00 ) ( 691 bytes ) +1 Yes Cynthia. --- check ( Sat, Apr 02, 2005, 06:01:49 ) ( 111 bytes ) +1 You count the health food stores as how premies got wealthy!!!??? --- Cynthia ( Sat, Apr 02, 2005, 06:09:45 ) ( 163 bytes ) +1 Didn't the multi millionaires start off as slaves? Didn't the multi million... --- check ( Sat, Apr 02, 2005, 06:31:02 ) ( 2 bytes ) +1 That doesn't deserve a response. (no text) --- Cynthia ( Sat, Apr 02, 2005, 06:35:57 ) ( 0 bytes ) Re: But beware of spurious logic, Ian --- Sir Dave ( Sat, Apr 02, 2005, 06:44:17 ) ( 581 bytes ) +2 And don't forget ... --- check ( Sat, Apr 02, 2005, 15:02:53 ) ( 68 bytes ) No, Dave, it wasn't like that --- Jim ( Sun, Apr 03, 2005, 13:37:29 ) ( 1137 bytes ) +2 Re: No, Dave, it wasn't like that --- Cynthia ( Sun, Apr 03, 2005, 18:00:53 ) ( 544 bytes ) +1 I agree with Jim and Cynthia. --- Babaluji ( Mon, Apr 04, 2005, 01:23:19 ) ( 75 bytes ) Correct --- Henna ( Tue, Apr 05, 2005, 13:25:11 ) ( 262 bytes ) Do you really want to go there? --- Juan Carlo Finesseti ( Sat, Apr 02, 2005, 11:10:16 ) ( 2160 bytes ) +1 We are there! --- check ( Sat, Apr 02, 2005, 15:00:31 ) ( 298 bytes ) +3 Re: We are there! --- Andries ( Sat, Apr 02, 2005, 15:05:28 ) ( 202 bytes ) Who was counting how many killed themselves --- Henna ( Sat, Apr 02, 2005, 17:21:34 ) ( 608 bytes ) +1 Here's my count --- check ( Sat, Apr 02, 2005, 20:08:33 ) ( 528 bytes ) +1 So? --- Juan Carlo Finesseti ( Sun, Apr 03, 2005, 04:20:38 ) ( 1193 bytes ) Re: We are there! --- Juan Carlo Finesseti ( Sun, Apr 03, 2005, 03:59:57 ) ( 2561 bytes ) Re: 2 perfect masters alive at once, read 'Who is Guru Maharaji?" --- paddy ( Sun, Apr 03, 2005, 16:00:09 ) ( 2489 bytes ) Can't do it without the guru, eh? --- NAR ( Mon, Apr 04, 2005, 12:42:22 ) ( 1025 bytes ) +1 Steady on NAR! --- Bunny ( Tue, Apr 05, 2005, 07:57:44 ) ( 1068 bytes ) +1 I disagree, slightly, Bunny --- NAR ( Tue, Apr 05, 2005, 11:57:43 ) ( 396 bytes ) +1 Well you are entitled to do that NAR --- Bunny ( Tue, Apr 05, 2005, 17:06:42 ) ( 148 bytes )