tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794942461067348825.post7819778086951668141..comments2024-03-21T10:16:35.080-04:00Comments on Rituals of DisEnchantment: Holy GhostsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger170125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794942461067348825.post-15995818386687867442024-03-21T10:16:35.080-04:002024-03-21T10:16:35.080-04:00Hearing from Ganeshpuri locals directly anything r...Hearing from Ganeshpuri locals directly anything related to siddhayoga, devotees are plain cooked up stories , I started living in village in 2007, this hoax case by S Nityananda was cookedup by GSP mafia, locals just spread it on the instructions of GSP. S Nityananda ever never went to police court against any injustice done to him . So no question of half the GSP property went to S Nityananda. Everyone should be careful , when you come into contact with locals . Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794942461067348825.post-36288311973998090432012-11-29T02:40:48.008-05:002012-11-29T02:40:48.008-05:00Hack again?!Hack again?!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794942461067348825.post-60592853418874237362008-02-24T20:36:00.000-05:002008-02-24T20:36:00.000-05:00I posted something yesterday. It appeared on this...I posted something yesterday. It appeared on this site, but was deleted after some time. What happened? Is there any particular reason it is no longer here? Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794942461067348825.post-84244258186879955792008-02-20T19:21:00.000-05:002008-02-20T19:21:00.000-05:00From a discussion which started a year or so back,...From a discussion which started a year or so back, "The Mystery of the Missing Devi", on Guruphiliac. However, this is a continuation of that thread which started again recently as of Jan. 08. "At 1/10/2008 4:53 PM, joan radha Bridges said... <BR/>Hello Jody and all,<BR/>Some one on exsy posted from here today.I am amazed i missed all this:)<BR/>Recently I answered the questions of someone that found SY .She wanted to know what the organization is up to now. I am continually amazed that some think GM is not responsible for Muktananda and his legacy.<BR/><BR/>Also, (this is a rather old controversy) I have heard directly form folks living in Ganeshpuri, That GSP runs the place like a police state. And that GM's so-called seclusion of last year was actually spent in court losing part of GSP to her brother . He was rewarded half of the ashram (she took for him during her seize of his power some years back)<BR/><BR/>I have direct experience of Mu's dark ways. I know many personally that lived through the corruption around GM. I have spoken to several of the women that still remain anonymous and very confused over the molestation of MU when they were children.<BR/>I know Alison personally. So many lives in turmoil because of SY....<BR/>Lover of the Truth,<BR/>Joan Radha Bridges<BR/><BR/>P.S. I can be reached at radha30327@yahoo.com"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794942461067348825.post-81906656442442738152008-02-20T13:10:00.000-05:002008-02-20T13:10:00.000-05:00Uhhhhh....WHERE on Guruphiliac?Can you post a link...Uhhhhh....WHERE on Guruphiliac?<BR/>Can you post a link?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794942461067348825.post-27708658474280956652008-02-19T08:35:00.000-05:002008-02-19T08:35:00.000-05:00Hello out there! I just read on another web site,...Hello out there! I just read on another web site, Guruphiliac, that Swami Nityananda, GM's brother, was awarded, in court in India due to a law suit, half of GSP? Does anyone know about this? If this is true, it will be very interesting indeed to see how it plays out, both in India and in the West!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794942461067348825.post-90378129772975797982008-02-18T19:55:00.000-05:002008-02-18T19:55:00.000-05:00Why is it that the same people who state that Baba...Why is it that the same people who state that Baba practised "Black Tantra" are just as emphatic in stating that Shaktipat and Kundalini awakening are figments of my imagination; that spontaneous advanced yogic postures; advanced mudras; advanced dancing; are all due to my having glimpsed these things somewhere for a split second, and they resided in my sub-conscious.<BR/><BR/>These are the same people who eject people from their websites if any view that is considered "pro" Siddha Yoga is voiced. Where is the debate? As far as I know, the only healthy debate is occuring on SeekHer's site, here.<BR/><BR/>It's really sad because the way they (the "leaders" of these other fora) talk, it's as if they haven't read anything on either subject, but are self-proclaimed pundits, and they have an ardent following of mostly ignorant people. This doesn't promote an atmosphere of learning and understanding.<BR/><BR/>In the end, all I want to do is understand what happened, and not be part of someone's distorted agenda.<BR/><BR/>Best wishes!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794942461067348825.post-69216157475300666532008-02-18T17:54:00.000-05:002008-02-18T17:54:00.000-05:00Here you go. All I can say, a mind is a terrible t...Here you go. All I can say, a mind is a terrible thing to waste....<BR/><BR/>http://www.siddhayoga.org/teachings/message/2008/i<BR/><BR/>--<BR/>I'm the one who asked what you were talking about, so thanks for the link.<BR/>I don't know about this artwork. But I have to say, I've always like the image of the gates to GSP. I still have a postcard image of them, LOL!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794942461067348825.post-40504474012704853402008-02-18T16:13:00.000-05:002008-02-18T16:13:00.000-05:00Here you go. All I can say, a mind is a terrible t...Here you go. All I can say, a mind is a terrible thing to waste....<BR/><BR/>http://www.siddhayoga.org/teachings/message/2008/index.htm#Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794942461067348825.post-21253320230314192572008-02-18T16:08:00.000-05:002008-02-18T16:08:00.000-05:00--"How do you get at the.....cruelties?" By dealin...--"How do you get at the.....cruelties?" By dealing directly with them. In the light of day." <BR/><BR/>This is good advice and I honestly feel a lot of suppport from this suggestion. Starting working on the birth mother first, then guru mother. <BR/><BR/>As I say this is becomes clear poor M. Shetty sufferred as a young girl. I can relate, but that does't minimize the damage to so many hearts who let her walk all over them. Psychologists recommend not minimizing the damage anyway, to really face it. I could go back into those scenes, bring them to the light of day. All kind of scary. GM was my Higher Power at one time. <BR/><BR/>Drunk with shakti bliss, I just wiled away my time, burning up time. Thanks to anon who posted: <BR/><BR/>2) omitted to instruct people to stay in contact with their own bodies--that is remain physicially grounded throughout<BR/><BR/>and 3) instead of teaching devotees how to avoid becoming attached to or panicked by certain mind states,they were taught to crave certain mind states <BR/><BR/><BR/>These were the worst possible things to have had go down for me and I know others. I send all my SY brothers and sisters lots of hopes for speedy movement through the stuff you didn't deal with while serving her majesty SCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794942461067348825.post-70787430825745293142008-02-18T14:29:00.000-05:002008-02-18T14:29:00.000-05:00Ishwarananda being one. The Celts so to speak. His...Ishwarananda being one. The Celts so to speak. His letter on the new 2008 artwork just dug deep into me with embarrassment for him.<BR/><BR/>--<BR/>I must be far too removed from SY... What artwork? What letter from Ish?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794942461067348825.post-30927670673432229702008-02-18T12:25:00.000-05:002008-02-18T12:25:00.000-05:00"...There are so many vignettes that could be told..."...There are so many vignettes that could be told, but I feel they are too voyeuristic, too 'sensational' to tell and don't want that vibe. But how to get at the unbelievably subtle cruelties that anyone and everyone close experienced? ..."<BR/><BR/>--"How do you get at the.....cruelties?" By dealing directly with them. In the light of day.<BR/><BR/>It seems there were no fears of voyeurism when it came to detailed and descriptive stories about Baba's behavior. Is that because he is dead? Are there no first hand accounts of Gurumayi's behavior because she is still alive and people are afraid of her power - subtle or legal? <BR/><BR/>Or is this vagueness a continuation of the "inner circle" mentality that had habitually found ways to evade the truth of actual experience.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794942461067348825.post-22532119615674521162008-02-17T09:52:00.000-05:002008-02-17T09:52:00.000-05:00This is from a community practicing its own ritual...This is from a community practicing its own ritual of dis-enchantment over on the TM-Free blog.<BR/><BR/>It is a descripton of how methods taught by Maharishi M Yogi turned out, in this author's experience, to create and then entrench a state of mental dissociation. The author went on to practice in a Theravedan Buddhist tradition, still meditates, but in doing so, discovered how MMY had omitted certain procedures that would actually have either prevented dissociation or caused it to cease.<BR/><BR/>http://tmfree.blogspot.com/2007/01/mantras-part-1.html<BR/><BR/>What MMY omitted were practices that<BR/><BR/>1) sharpen the mind<BR/><BR/>2) omitted to instruct people to stay in contact with their own bodies--that is remain physicially grounded throughout<BR/><BR/>and 3) instead of teaching devotees how to avoid becoming attached to or panicked by certain mind states,they were taught to crave certain mind states <BR/><BR/>Those who have been through SY might read through the article and see if anything matches up with what they have observed and if there are any items that support recovery.<BR/><BR/>It answers the cult question well:<BR/><BR/>You have a cult when someone says 'I am a healer'---and keeps prescribing methods that make people ill--and refuses to notice this, concentrating only on those who claim to benefit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794942461067348825.post-42243891722624307732008-02-17T07:27:00.000-05:002008-02-17T07:27:00.000-05:00"4) The group or leader promise growth, but lack t..."4) The group or leader promise growth, but lack the capacity to support such development. At best you are given a very confusing combination of healing in some areas with injury/regression in other areas" <BR/><BR/>Thanks you for this Lib/Zen<BR/><BR/>The constant state of confusion a big part of the trap. <BR/><BR/>Out of SY far enough to be taking more and more resposnibility for the relationships I neglected because I was so focused on the happiness of one person. A person who would/could never be satisfied as Marta described from having worked closely. <BR/><BR/>There are so many vignettes that could be told, but I feel they are too voyeuristic, too 'sensational' to tell and don't want that vibe. But how to get at the unbelievably subtle cruelties that anyone and everyone close experienced? <BR/><BR/>Recently I find information all around coming from DNA research. Now that the human genonome is being completely mapped and studied we are finding out a lot and a lot was foretold by prophets of old. Such as we are all one big family, with 12 tribes etc. Like all blue eyes are one tribe. Kind of wild to find there are relatives all over the world you never met. <BR/><BR/>Some of my tribe i bleieve are still in SY and it hurts terrible I believe Ishwarananda being one. The Celts so to speak. His letter on the new 2008 artwork just dug deep into me with embarrassment for him. What is a wit and a mind like that doing defending such banalities? <BR/><BR/>The artwork itself is atrocious. The single vertical column, conception by S. Chidvilasananda, is missing something major as an archetypal image. The horizontal element which marks one as community minded, which she is not. I suppose the vertical column is recalling the last NY Message talk with Brahma and Vishnu running up and down the column. I never finished investigating that myth, but I did find something interesting. <BR/><BR/>The white flower that was falling from above and told how far she had come, she was lying. And she had to pay. Any Shaivites know that part of the myth? <BR/><BR/>Thanks community here for this morning anchor. Join me in praying for that McCormick kid and that he frees himself oneday.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794942461067348825.post-80128260381357926872008-02-16T01:26:00.000-05:002008-02-16T01:26:00.000-05:00To ANON February 14, 2008 11:29 PM--Touche. Brilli...To ANON February 14, 2008 11:29 PM<BR/><BR/>--<BR/>Touche. Brilliant post. Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794942461067348825.post-57952252893680443362008-02-15T16:26:00.000-05:002008-02-15T16:26:00.000-05:00"In my quest to understand why Siddha Yoga is bran..."In my quest to understand why Siddha Yoga is branded a cult and other paths are not, I’m exploring some other paths to see if the same criteria are applied to these other paths, and they pass the cult test, then they are indeed cults."<BR/><BR/>Ok, I like this, what makes an org a cult? To me, sure not thay they receive donations, wear clothes strange to one's own culture, etc. <BR/>To me, the only real thing that makes an org a cult is... the intention behind the org: if it is an honest org/path, is not a cult and will probably be a good path to follow to progress in life, if it is not honest, is a cult and you'll probably end up worst than if you did not follow it. That's it.<BR/><BR/>Have a nice weekend!<BR/>PpAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794942461067348825.post-68350015072692006482008-02-15T12:49:00.000-05:002008-02-15T12:49:00.000-05:00Anonymous 11:29. Whether or not something is a cul...Anonymous 11:29. Whether or not something is a cult is entirely up to you to decide.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794942461067348825.post-42300211028033574812008-02-15T12:44:00.000-05:002008-02-15T12:44:00.000-05:00Seeking SeekHer!Are you out there? We are missing...Seeking SeekHer!<BR/><BR/>Are you out there? We are missing you! I hope you're well and going to post soon. I'd love a fresh thread.<BR/><BR/>This blog is so important to so many of us, and I miss your wonderful, beautiful and insightful writing.<BR/><BR/>Hope to hear from you soon!<BR/><BR/>JoshuaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794942461067348825.post-88447226431953367172008-02-15T11:37:00.000-05:002008-02-15T11:37:00.000-05:00"All I really want to know is whether this path is..."All I really want to know is whether this path is a cult, according to the criteria used to classify Siddha Yoga. A simple Yes/No answer will suffice."<BR/><BR/>A question of this kind cannot be answered by a simple yes or no. <BR/><BR/>Lib/ZennieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794942461067348825.post-83403981633314518852008-02-15T11:34:00.000-05:002008-02-15T11:34:00.000-05:00I wont say whether a specific path is a cult. That...I wont say whether a specific path is a cult. That is for each concerned person to decide.<BR/><BR/>For me a key feature is unrequited loyalty. <BR/><BR/>The cult pressures you to give, give, give, but doesnt care for you at a level commensurate with the care you've given the leader and group.<BR/><BR/>Two, unequal disclosure. The leader actually hides a great deal about him/herself, actually takes care to avoid ever being vulnerable, while arranging ways to get members to give full intimate disclosures of their hopes and vulnerablities.<BR/><BR/>This lack of reciprocity occurs again and again. Members are supposed to be honest, but leaders and inner circle members feel entitled to keep secrets and lie.<BR/><BR/>Often the leader shows a sunny side to the outer circle, while concealing an abusive and childish shadow side which is parented, protected and endured by the inner circle. The guru's abusive shadow is the ultimate secret kept by the group--and the abused entourage--often hand picked because they show signs of being capable of rationalizing and tolerating such abuse. <BR/><BR/>I can list additional features that I have seen again, and and again and yet again in organizations whose former members reached consensus that the group in question had been cultic:<BR/><BR/>1) Deceit. You are not told the actual history of the group or its leader. You are given partial or false information and allowed to believe you were given full disclosure.<BR/><BR/>2) Organizations are like an onion with a leader and inner circle where lies and abusive behavior go on behind closed doors, while those in the outer circles are given a different kind of experience. <BR/><BR/>3) Power and power imbalances exist within the group and you are forbidden to question or examine them in any adult and conscious way. <BR/><BR/>4) The group or leader promise growth, but lack the capacity to support such development. At best you are given a very confusing combination of healing in some areas with injury/regression in other areas<BR/><BR/>5) The group or leader try to monopolize the tradition, making it seem they are the only true source. You are not taught skills in continuing education to assist you in working with other texts and teachers independently of your leader or group. Intellectual and social inbreeding occur. <BR/><BR/>6) Being pushed to give money, attention, energy at the expense of your health, your long term financial self care and at the expense of your own family and friendships. <BR/><BR/>7) Secrecy combined with lack of confidentiality. The leader's faults are hidden, while human frailties of underlings are discussed and even exploited.<BR/><BR/>Finally IMO in a cult, the leader has total adult power, along with zero adult accountablity.<BR/><BR/>If anything goes right, the group and leader get all the credit. <BR/><BR/>If anything goes wrong, the powerholder is never held accountable, whilst accountability is transferred to the underlings who are down the power imbalance.<BR/><BR/>No objectivity is permitted. Anyone who tries to stand on the outside and discuss the power dynamics of the group is shouted down as negative and ejected.<BR/><BR/>Thus, cultic groups lack any form of self-scrutinty and self-correction of abuses. Its like a house where the thermostat on the heater doesnt work. The tempreture gets hotter and hotter, because there is no feedback loop to shut the heater off if the tempreture rises above a certain level. <BR/><BR/>Lib/Zennie<BR/><BR/>There are other characteristics but these are ones I find useful. It is up to each reader to examine his or her groups, family of origin and present relationships to see if any of these are present.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794942461067348825.post-46315655726108179582008-02-15T09:45:00.000-05:002008-02-15T09:45:00.000-05:00Cult, comes from the word 'culture', the environme...Cult, comes from the word 'culture', the environment created over time by people intereacting. So lots of groups are cults in that way. Problem becomes when a cult uses seductive techniques to take money and power from its adherents and uses them for selfish desires. That is what SY did. <BR/><BR/>Look into your group further. Ask questions. All cults are not bad as such. It is the repressive qualities they exert that distort our natural goodness. Children desperately trying to get love will do anything for it. Families are cults too. How do we emerge from them? Brainwashed with our grandparent's, parent's, uncle's, aunt's. tribe's outlook. <BR/><BR/>Sounds like you found something that may have credibility. How do judge that? I read recently one way to tell the quality of a place or spirit is to look at the appeal it makes. Is it to the senses and the imagination primarily? Or is it to conscience and reason? Of course these things are mixed in always, but when being swayed by the feelings engendered by sense impressions, it is good to hang on to your thinking cap. I gave mine away, but glad to now have taken it back. No good path will ask you to abandon your reason.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794942461067348825.post-80525973660815537682008-02-14T23:29:00.000-05:002008-02-14T23:29:00.000-05:00Please help me!In my quest to understand why Siddh...Please help me!<BR/><BR/>In my quest to understand why Siddha Yoga is branded a cult and other paths are not, I’m exploring some other paths to see if the same criteria are applied to these other paths, and they pass the cult test, then they are indeed cults. So why single out Siddha Yoga for this treatment?<BR/><BR/>Please help me determine whether this path is a cult, or appears to be a cult.<BR/><BR/>http://www.kwanumzen.org/<BR/><BR/>http://www.emptygatezen.com/<BR/><BR/>“In the mornings we include 108 prostrations, a Korean tradition, which is both energetic and meditative. Our chanting has a unique character, using sounds and melodies from the Sino-Korean tradition.”<BR/>We chant and do other mind-numbing exercises (108 prostrations, etc.), does that make us a cult?<BR/><BR/>Some pictures for analysis:<BR/>http://www.emptygatezen.com/files/albums/zmss_memorial/index.html<BR/><BR/>Is the wearing of non-Western costumes a sign of a cult? (i.e., We are different and special, unlike the rabble outside our gates. These clothes are imbued with special powers that will take us to another state.) Why not wear clothes that are in conformance with the culture where one resides. So in this case, Western wear should be the norm.<BR/><BR/>We accept donations in the form of stocks via Merrill Lynch Private Client Group. Does that make us a cult?<BR/><BR/>We have rules. Does that make us a cult?<BR/>http://www.kwanumzen.org/misc/temple-rules.html<BR/><BR/>However, one of our rules state that “Money and sex are like a spiteful snake. Put your concern with them far away.” Same as Siddha Yoga. Is the suppression of sex a good thing?<BR/><BR/>We use jargony language. Does that make us a cult. Why can’t we use plain English?<BR/>“During chanting, follow the moktak. <BR/>During sitting, follow the chugpi.”<BR/>What’s moktak and chugpi?<BR/><BR/>I am not allowed to speak my mind. Does that make it a cult?<BR/>“Do not discuss your private views with others. To cling to and defend your opinions is to destroy your practice. Put away all your opinions.”<BR/>“Do not discuss petty temple matters with guests. <BR/>When visiting outside the temple, speak well of the temple to others.”<BR/>Same as Siddha Yoga.<BR/><BR/>We have a lineage. Who can verify this? Does that make us a cult?<BR/>http://www.kwanumzen.org/teachers/zen_lineages.html<BR/><BR/>The Kwan Um School of Zen's teaching lineage is part of the Korean Soen tradition. The founding teacher of our School, Zen Master Seung Sahn, is the 78th teacher in his line of Dharma Transmission. All students of Zen Master Seung Sahn to whom he has given Dharma Transmission are thus the 79th teachers in their personal lineages. <BR/>“The Korean Soen lineage comes from the Chinese Rinzai lines and became separate around the year 1200. Famous Zen Masters in our lineage include the six Zen Patriarchs, Ma-tsu, Pai-chang, Lin-chi and Nan-chuan. Zen Master Seung Sahn received Dharma Transmission from Zen Master Ko Bong at the age of 22. His lineage also includes the noted Korean Zen Masters Man Gong and Kyong Ho.”<BR/>As stated, the lineage is passed along via Transmission, the same method by which Siddha Yoga gurus are created. Does that make us a cult?<BR/><BR/>We bow:<BR/>http://www.kwanumzen.org/practice/bowing.html<BR/>Same as Siddha Yoga.<BR/><BR/>We sit:<BR/>http://www.kwanumzen.org/practice/sitting.html<BR/>We use words such as “hwa tou” “Kwam Seul Bosal” “Kong An”<BR/>We meditate. The same as Siddha Yoga. But on this and other sites people have emphatically stated that meditation destroys the mind? Does this make this path a cult?<BR/>Same as Siddha Yoga.<BR/><BR/>We have mantras. Same as Siddha Yoga. Similarly, people have stated that these are brainwashing techniques. Does this make it a cult?<BR/><BR/>Place your hands in “Maha Mudra” I heard of Mudras in Siddha Yoga. Does this make it a cult?<BR/><BR/>We chant in jargon gibberish:<BR/>“il-che jung-saeng song jong-gak<BR/>na-mu bi-ro gyo-ju<BR/>hwa-jang ja-jon<BR/>yon bo-gye ji gum-mun po nang-ham ji ok-chuk<BR/>jin-jin hon ip<BR/>chal-chal wol-lyung”<BR/>etc.<BR/><BR/>http://www.kwanumzen.org/pdf/chantbk.pdf<BR/><BR/>All this stuff is jargon gibberish to an English-speaking person. Same as Siddha Yoga chants. Does that make it a brainwashing cult?<BR/><BR/>We have a lineage (NOTE: All unverifiable.) that goes way past Jesus, all the way back to India, that birthplace of cults.<BR/><BR/>http://www.kwanumzen.org/teachers/lineage.html<BR/><BR/>“India<BR/>The Buddha Shakyamuni<BR/>1. Mahakasyapa <BR/>2. Ananda <BR/>3. Sanakavasa <BR/>4. Upagupta <BR/>5. Dhrtaka <BR/>6. Miccaka <BR/>7. Vasumitra <BR/>8. Buddhanandi <BR/>9. Buddhamitra <BR/>10. Parsva <BR/>11. Punyayasas <BR/>12. Asvaghosa <BR/>13. Kapimala <BR/>14. Nagarjuna <BR/>15. Kanadeva “<BR/><BR/>Who are these people?<BR/><BR/>Does this make it a cult?<BR/><BR/>All I really want to know is whether this path is a cult, according to the criteria used to classify Siddha Yoga. A simple Yes/No answer will suffice.<BR/><BR/>Thanks in advance for your comments!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794942461067348825.post-91357288658237091362008-02-14T19:29:00.000-05:002008-02-14T19:29:00.000-05:00Stuart – To summarize the entire affair, IMHO a re...Stuart – To summarize the entire affair, IMHO a reasonable person with a dollop’s worth of sense and compassion would have simply recanted and apologized. Your self-defensive posturing strikes me as rather intellectually and emotionally immature, if not down right perverse. I’m aware of numerous postings of yours on net that intend to preach and encourage the quality of compassionate action; however, the actions reflected in your own posts seem starkly devoid of this very same ethic. <BR/><BR/><BR/>PS. The “technical” correctness of your argument is in no way an excuse for its derisive causticity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794942461067348825.post-36006376520427505462008-02-14T17:01:00.000-05:002008-02-14T17:01:00.000-05:00… “the post that I responded to. "D" said that the...… “the post that I responded to. "D" said that the conversation wasn't fresh and illuminating.”<BR/><BR/><BR/>Stuart – To summarize to entire affair, IMHO a reasonable person with a dollop’s worth of sense and compassion would have simply recanted and apologized. Your self-defensive posturing strikes me as rather intellectually and emotionally immature, if not down right perverse. I’m aware of numerous postings of yours on net that intend to preach and encourage the quality of compassionate action; however, the actions reflected in your own posts seem starkly devoid of this very same ethic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794942461067348825.post-78153202483185877582008-02-14T10:03:00.000-05:002008-02-14T10:03:00.000-05:00Love in ActionThich Nhat Hanhfrom Peace is Every S...Love in Action<BR/><BR/>Thich Nhat Hanh<BR/>from Peace is Every Step<BR/><BR/>I keep wondering when someone will come up with some awful story about this man, a story that completely destroys my respect and admiration for him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com