Actually, I think Wow's got a point there
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Posted by: Jim ® 10/27/2005, 10:20:08 Author Profile Edit Alert Moderators

Hi Mike, Wow, Wasn't it the case in the late 70's that Rawat really did put a higher premium on devotion than meditation?  That's how I remember it.  Suddenly, it was almost suspect to be too into meditation.  Rather, we should want to spend as much time as possible sitting around regurgitating the myriad catch phrases of abject servility and desperate love Rawat fed us in his own satsangs.  That's why instructors trained in these marathon mind-f**cking sessions rather than by trying to strengthen, deepen or whatever it is one thinks one can do to meditation to make it better.  It was as if, after spending five or so years giving the initial path the good ol' college try and failing miserably (i.e. no one "realized Knowledge" as promised and expected), we now saw the goal was essentially unachieavable.  It was a cosmic joke and we were the fallboys.  After all, when you really stopped to think about it, who were we anyways to think we could ever overcome our weak, human natures like that?  Better to just be humble and praise the Lord, beg him for his mercy, again and again and again. Surely, Paddy and I can't be the only ones who remember it like this?    Modified by Jim at Thu, Oct 27, 2005, 10:21:32

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I think you are right, Jim --- Joe ( Thu, Oct 27, 2005, 13:12:06 ) ( 1098 bytes ) +2 I remember that period well --- T ( Thu, Oct 27, 2005, 14:03:51 ) ( 1441 bytes ) +1 Re: I remember the end of that period differently --- paddy ( Thu, Oct 27, 2005, 16:16:44 ) ( 911 bytes ) +2 It was a very fearful thing to leave at that time. --- Joe ( Thu, Oct 27, 2005, 17:09:03 ) ( 2514 bytes ) +3 We all have different perspectives --- JHB ( Thu, Oct 27, 2005, 18:20:25 ) ( 1322 bytes ) +2 They were the best of times, they were the worst of times --- Jim ( Thu, Oct 27, 2005, 19:48:14 ) ( 1569 bytes ) +1 Re: They were the best of times, they were the worst of times --- paddy ( Fri, Oct 28, 2005, 16:09:49 ) ( 1035 bytes ) the value of the ordinary --- 13 ( Fri, Oct 28, 2005, 14:50:55 ) ( 131 bytes ) That's how it was for me as well. (no text) --- Dr.wow ( Thu, Oct 27, 2005, 18:44:22 ) ( 0 bytes ) +1 Hey Doctor.... --- Joe ( Fri, Oct 28, 2005, 15:03:04 ) ( 214 bytes ) +1 Re: Hey Doctor.... --- Dr.wow ( Fri, Oct 28, 2005, 16:10:43 ) ( 357 bytes ) Re: It was a very fearful thing to leave at that time. --- Steve ( Sat, Oct 29, 2005, 11:01:11 ) ( 669 bytes ) +1 Maharaji said you would go to hell... --- Joe ( Mon, Oct 31, 2005, 11:36:12 ) ( 448 bytes ) +1 Re: Maharaji said you would go to hell... --- Steve ( Tue, Nov 01, 2005, 18:14:01 ) ( 519 bytes ) +2 Re: Maharaji said you would go to hell... --- Gallery ( Wed, Nov 02, 2005, 01:21:39 ) ( 431 bytes ) link Re: Maharaji said you would go to hell... --- Joe ( Wed, Nov 02, 2005, 17:12:46 ) ( 608 bytes ) I guess I ought to clarify --- T ( Fri, Oct 28, 2005, 01:38:08 ) ( 1184 bytes ) +1 Re: clarification accepted --- paddy ( Fri, Oct 28, 2005, 16:15:49 ) ( 743 bytes ) +1 Re: clarification accepted --- T ( Fri, Oct 28, 2005, 17:05:46 ) ( 1662 bytes ) Re: I think you are right, Jim --- Cynthia ( Thu, Oct 27, 2005, 14:19:47 ) ( 1399 bytes ) +1 Right, the Poconos program was in 1977, not 1979. --- Joe ( Thu, Oct 27, 2005, 14:35:39 ) ( 39 bytes ) +1 Poconos --- AJW ( Fri, Oct 28, 2005, 03:49:06 ) ( 192 bytes ) +2 Speaking of Poconos.... --- Joe ( Fri, Oct 28, 2005, 11:38:16 ) ( 753 bytes ) +1 LOL sounds like a tourist ad! --- Susan ( Fri, Oct 28, 2005, 14:15:40 ) ( 143 bytes ) +1 Thanks for the chuckle! --- Jim ( Fri, Oct 28, 2005, 14:47:48 ) ( 175 bytes ) Re: Poconos --- 13 ( Fri, Oct 28, 2005, 14:55:14 ) ( 141 bytes ) Re: Actually, I think Wow's got a point there --- Jethro ( Thu, Oct 27, 2005, 14:01:40 ) ( 487 bytes ) It's all in the Gita Jim. --- AJW ( Fri, Oct 28, 2005, 03:31:09 ) ( 887 bytes ) +2 Ah yes, where would I be without the Gita of all things? --- Jim ( Fri, Oct 28, 2005, 09:30:32 ) ( 929 bytes ) +1 LOL. (ot) --- AJW ( Fri, Oct 28, 2005, 09:51:46 ) ( 107 bytes ) Re:Gita says devotion to Krishna, not Rawat (no text) --- paddy ( Fri, Oct 28, 2005, 16:18:41 ) ( 0 bytes ) +2 Re: Gita says devotion to Krishna, not Rawat --- Steve ( Fri, Oct 28, 2005, 16:30:11 ) ( 354 bytes ) link How soon you have forgotten Paddy. --- AJW ( Sat, Oct 29, 2005, 03:56:04 ) ( 187 bytes )