Re: Contact with sincerity
Re: Re: No, not the point at all -- Lexy	Top of thread		Forum

Posted by: paddy ® 10/21/2005, 19:44:09 Author Profile Edit Alert Moderators

While I don't think Knowledge changed me I am quite sure that being involved with DLM changed me. Initially, like Lexy, for the better in that it gave me an outlet for my idealism and other people sharing that idealism and that was very inspiring and beautiful and I value that to this day. Of course when you later realise that inspiration and love can come from bullshit this is bound to have a pretty strong impact on your life. In my case it has given me a very skeptical outlook on religion and spirituality but luckily it hasn't affected the way I feel about other people and their religions. Weinberg certainly puts the case in a nutshell: "Only religion can make good people act bad" though I suspect good people will act badly if the circumstancers are powerful enough with or without religion. I think in my case that DLM had one very strong positive impact though I can't differentiate it from the changes that might have come with maturity. As a '70's premie you could actually experience that life can be very exciting, enjoyable and inspiring for extended periods of time no matter how mundane the events of your life might be and this seems to have carried through into my life post-premiedom though I certainly don't experience the powerful feeling I had in nightly satsang while reading or watching TV these nights.

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Contact with sincerity and relative moralism --- NikW ( Sat, Oct 22, 2005, 07:31:15 ) ( 1354 bytes ) +2 It's easy to be wise after the event,Nik. --- Lexy ( Sat, Oct 22, 2005, 15:57:46 ) ( 1691 bytes ) +3 Re: It's easy to be wise after the event,Nik. --- NikW ( Sat, Oct 22, 2005, 17:01:43 ) ( 801 bytes ) +1 Talking of Hitler Youth --- Jethro ( Sun, Oct 23, 2005, 01:43:18 ) ( 163 bytes ) Lexy, we should feel a little bit guilty --- JHB ( Sat, Oct 22, 2005, 17:13:58 ) ( 962 bytes ) +1 "should" ? --- Lexy ( Sat, Oct 22, 2005, 18:06:55 ) ( 1792 bytes ) +2 Re: But there were some critical media articles --- Andries ( Sat, Oct 22, 2005, 20:03:37 ) ( 1230 bytes ) +2 All media articles, and family and friends were critical! --- JHB ( Sun, Oct 23, 2005, 02:18:08 ) ( 397 bytes ) +2 Sinkers --- 13 ( Sun, Oct 23, 2005, 02:20:52 ) ( 170 bytes ) +1 Re: Fishing (OT) --- JHB ( Sun, Oct 23, 2005, 02:35:28 ) ( 337 bytes ) +1 Re: Fishing (OT) --- paddy ( Sun, Oct 23, 2005, 15:58:34 ) ( 222 bytes ) +1 Taking the fun out of fishing.(OT) --- Lexy ( Sun, Oct 23, 2005, 18:43:45 ) ( 692 bytes ) The Power of Satsang...or Brainwashing. --- Lexy ( Sun, Oct 23, 2005, 10:21:00 ) ( 2986 bytes ) img +2 Personal responsibility --- Tempora ( Sun, Oct 23, 2005, 13:29:15 ) ( 4068 bytes ) img In India there was a burglar etc --- PatD ( Sun, Oct 23, 2005, 18:36:58 ) ( 487 bytes ) +1 Thieves, lies and a narrow escape. --- Lexy ( Sun, Oct 23, 2005, 19:17:11 ) ( 187 bytes ) +1 Re: Thieves, lies and a narrow escape. --- paddy ( Mon, Oct 24, 2005, 22:07:30 ) ( 105 bytes ) I wasn't even happy with it Andries. --- Lexy ( Sun, Oct 23, 2005, 11:10:19 ) ( 818 bytes ) Hmm. Research is easier today. So does that mean there will be no more cults? (no text) --- Neville B ( Sun, Oct 23, 2005, 15:12:02 ) ( 0 bytes ) Comparisons --- PatD ( Sat, Oct 22, 2005, 17:56:18 ) ( 1272 bytes ) +1 Re: Comparisons --- Lexy ( Sat, Oct 22, 2005, 18:18:51 ) ( 844 bytes ) Re: What implied universalism? --- paddy ( Sat, Oct 22, 2005, 18:23:28 ) ( 1278 bytes ) +1 Re: What implied universalism? --- NikW ( Sun, Oct 23, 2005, 08:55:28 ) ( 2290 bytes ) +1 Re: visionism --- paddy ( Sun, Oct 23, 2005, 15:54:14 ) ( 1079 bytes ) +1 I think you are oversimplifying things paddy --- dant ( Sun, Oct 23, 2005, 17:18:11 ) ( 1785 bytes ) +1 Re: I think you are oversimplifying things paddy --- paddy ( Sun, Oct 23, 2005, 18:21:18 ) ( 3627 bytes ) +1 A little bit of MySang --- lesley ( Tue, Oct 25, 2005, 16:53:40 ) ( 556 bytes )