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Thanks Hilltop. A lot of the quotes you took the time to locate and post illustrate exactly the heavy surrender/devotion gibberish that was being foisted on us at that time. The rathole quote wasn't the specific one that I was referring to (and once again I thank you for taking the time to research your archives - I gather you can't exactly do a "keyword" search) but in doing so you have brought up another can of rodents: The damaging dichotomy that Rawat promoted pitting our minds against our "true selves".The idea that mind is a kind of boogey-man, the devil, a rat-hole, which is intent on keeping us from the bliss. And that we need to have faith in him to defeat this "enemy". That Knowledge is the antidote of this mind. While I can appreciate that Rawat is not the first person to create this fighting the devil routine, scriptures and many ministers play upon this theme for instance, nevertheless it is harmful. The idea that we needed Rawat (or his knowledge or grace) to fight the demon mind created a lot of unnecessary strife. Starting right at the knowledge kits that used to be handed out at the knowledge session with a letter from Rawat himself congratulating us on receiving knowledge but with the warning about the presence of the evil mind. So, now that we are eating from the tree of Knowledge we now know that we are naked . . . like that with a sinister edge. It was false and unnecessary and Rawat used it to suggest why we needed him to help us take a "permanent vacation" from this dreaded thing. Go figure, eh?
Modified by Dr.wow at Fri, Oct 28, 2005, 10:03:34
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