tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794942461067348825.post2919642994044543768..comments2024-03-21T10:16:35.080-04:00Comments on Rituals of DisEnchantment: When what we had hoped for came to nothing...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794942461067348825.post-14865969354713666042010-11-03T17:34:38.817-04:002010-11-03T17:34:38.817-04:00It is my first post here, so I would like to say h...It is my first post here, so I would like to say hallo to all of you! It is really amusement to be adjacent to your community!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794942461067348825.post-34031840435537292342008-01-08T06:35:00.000-05:002008-01-08T06:35:00.000-05:00nviritti gilette is the goebbells of syda yoga. y...nviritti gilette is the goebbells of syda yoga. yucky yucky man doing the dirty work. well captured by your eloquent description. actually so far, your rendering of the whole thing is shockingly astute and brilliant. thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794942461067348825.post-17758355230511949242008-01-06T14:56:00.000-05:002008-01-06T14:56:00.000-05:00Dear SeekHer, After all the controversy last week...Dear SeekHer,<BR/> After all the controversy last week about whether or not you "should" or "should not" write about the recent New Year's talk, I wanted to commend you and, also, to thank you for posting this!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794942461067348825.post-32923926840367425262008-01-06T14:34:00.000-05:002008-01-06T14:34:00.000-05:00>>"Here's his picture:"Ugh! Thanks (I think). I re...>>"Here's his picture:"<<<BR/><BR/>Ugh! Thanks (I think). I remember him only too well...couldn't place the face with the name..I tended to keep my eyes to the ground in Falls-burb.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794942461067348825.post-3156848168166972342008-01-06T13:07:00.000-05:002008-01-06T13:07:00.000-05:00Here's his picture:http://www.siddhayoga.org/HomeS...Here's his picture:<BR/><BR/>http://www.siddhayoga.org/HomeStudy/contemplation/author.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794942461067348825.post-4254102124907118612008-01-06T11:56:00.000-05:002008-01-06T11:56:00.000-05:00>>"... you know, after your description of Nivritt...>>"... you know, after your description of Nivritti Gillet, I had to google to see how he looks like, "<<<BR/><BR/>Dear pp,<BR/> I can't find his photo...can you help? i think I know which one he was..but not sure. thanksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794942461067348825.post-15684462025118348432008-01-06T04:05:00.000-05:002008-01-06T04:05:00.000-05:00Great, thanks so much for your sharing... you know...Great, thanks so much for your sharing... you know, after your description of Nivritti Gillet, I had to google to see how he looks like, hehehe... I find so many common feelings in me with the ones you describe here, thanks!<BR/><BR/>PpAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794942461067348825.post-86173551278503109472008-01-06T01:14:00.000-05:002008-01-06T01:14:00.000-05:00Seekher, What an observer. Your remarks about Dr. ...Seekher, <BR/><BR/>What an observer. Your remarks about Dr. Gillette, a man who wounded and belittled me more than once made a difference. So shameful it all was, especially from a doctor. <BR/>ThanksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794942461067348825.post-35194791447817603312008-01-05T22:10:00.000-05:002008-01-05T22:10:00.000-05:00Thank you for sharing! I'll be waiting to read mor...Thank you for sharing! I'll be waiting to read more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794942461067348825.post-2756136602995112062008-01-05T20:46:00.000-05:002008-01-05T20:46:00.000-05:00Oh, SeekHer, it reads so like falling out of love....Oh, SeekHer, it reads so like falling out of love. I recall being repulsed by the very qualities I relished in my beloved(s) when I saw them without the haze of love. It happened to me on the Japan tour in 1991. I fell completely out of love with the guru, with siddha yoga, with all of the plans and schemes and events I had so longed to be part of. I remember when Gurumayi walked into the hall for the big evening program. She was wearing a strange, square-shaped hat of a hard material, and I inwardly cringed. I felt embarrassed for her and for myself by association, in exactly the way I would have with a lover past the infatuation stage wearing something cringe-worthy or loudly pontificating in front of my friends. (I got over this enough to stick around for five more years, but that's another story). <BR/><BR/>Is falling out of love a good thing? Or falling out of whatever that place is that ensures overriding acceptance? I have no idea. I think that my former friends who are still "long term retreat participants" gaze through that love, and their vision is completely different than mine. They don't hear the strident tone or, if they do, any judgement gets belayed. I just watched The Matrix again, and I, too, sometimes long to be plugged in to the comfort of unquestioning acceptance. Just can't do it. Hopefully, I'll someday get over the adolescent stage where it's all fervent, boiling passion followed by tormenting heart break. Though I suspect from the poetry that the guru/disciple relationship isn't so much structured on mature love.<BR/><BR/>Looking forward to the next installment.Nancy Leigh-Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14150164444271369202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794942461067348825.post-15679785467641724832008-01-05T19:42:00.000-05:002008-01-05T19:42:00.000-05:00Wow. Amazingly touching, true and well-rendered. I...Wow. Amazingly touching, true and well-rendered. I had exactly the same experience. Thank you so much for finding such clear words for it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com