tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30354654.post4872545378445124754..comments2023-07-31T04:12:15.594-07:00Comments on Random Thoughts: Impeach Buddha!stuartresnickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16879896068458013439noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30354654.post-71639669553440185262007-07-14T08:42:00.000-07:002007-07-14T08:42:00.000-07:00the groups, intead of teachign us to activate the ...<I>the groups, intead of teachign us to activate the 'View All' function ... instead act to get us trapped and focused on the Guru Idea ...</I><BR/><BR/>When I was a child, I absorbed the idea that life was all about getting good stuff, good status, good relationships, etc. Y'know, things in the objective world. That idea was the air that I breathed, so I didn't even notice it.<BR/><BR/>As a stuartresnickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16879896068458013439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30354654.post-56973348715826658582007-07-14T07:51:00.000-07:002007-07-14T07:51:00.000-07:00Stuart wrote:but as far as real benefits... I'd ag...Stuart wrote:<BR/><BR/>but as far as real benefits... I'd agree that it's more interesting to look into one's own need for an authority, rather than focusing on the evils of this or that guru.<BR/><BR/>Yep, that's the truth. Though people may need to examine different parts of the picture depending on where they are at.<BR/><BR/>If you've recognized you are in a bad group, and especially if its Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30354654.post-35984058925268313532007-07-14T07:16:00.000-07:002007-07-14T07:16:00.000-07:00Anony wrote:Gurus are just interchangeable units t...Anony wrote:<BR/><I>Gurus are just interchangeable units thorugh which the Guru Idea is acted out... You see people getting horribly burned by a particular guru, and then, instead of questioning why they craved to look up to someone, they often go and substitute another guru.</I><BR/><BR/>Thanks, Anony. I know a number of people who did this, by leaving Muktananda into the arms of Ammachi, or in stuartresnickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16879896068458013439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30354654.post-54657764022161981732007-07-13T20:03:00.000-07:002007-07-13T20:03:00.000-07:00Its not a particular guru or teacher that's the re...Its not a particular guru or teacher that's the real trap.<BR/><BR/>Its the Guru Idea itself. Gurus are just interchangeable units thorugh which the Guru Idea is acted out.<BR/><BR/>You see people getting horribly burned by a particular guru, and then, instead of questioning why they craved to look up to someone, they often go and substitute another guru.<BR/><BR/>Some who have been grievously Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30354654.post-13635377023360426312007-07-12T10:55:00.000-07:002007-07-12T10:55:00.000-07:00dictum eh???? Isn't that a Tom Verlaine song? it's...dictum eh???? Isn't that a Tom Verlaine song? it's definition authotatative pronounmentor judicial assertion, or maybe it's just a saying. Usually when people speak of meeting their guru it isn't a rational thought process that leads them there ,it probably more psycho-karmic. they have some kind of shaktipot (or they desparately want it) experience and they aren't likley to want to consult Peggy Burgesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05294844007826976076noreply@blogger.com