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| Sevenhundred Elves 2005-03-26, 10:21 am |
| On 24 Mar 2005 10:59:06 -0800,
calderhome@yahoo.com <calderhome@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Words can be just so much BS if they don't reflect the reality of the
> speaker. It is possible to use beautiful words to misdirect, mislead,
> and mind control people for your own selfish ends. That is what
> organized religion has done for thousands of years, and that is the art
> of being a successful guru. Religion is a business, not just a calling.
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> see: http://home.att.net/~meditation/Osho.html - "Osho, Bhagwan
> Rajneesh, and the Lost Truth"
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> see: http://home.att.net/~meditation/CommonLies.html - "Common Lies of
> the Phony World of Mystics"
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> see: http://home.att.net/~meditation/soul.html - "Do you have a
> soul?"
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> Christopher Calder
> http://home.att.net/~meditation/ - home page
Yes. There are lots of con men out to get the unwary seeker. But I hope
you don't imply that *all* are in it just for the money. In this group,
for instance, lots of people get free advice on all kinds of yoga. Here
are yogis, more or less advanced, from many different schools, and
nobody has to pay a penny to get an answer (or, often, many answers) to
a question pertaining to their yoga practice. In fact, the really
serious yogis are actually prepared to pay for helping others along the
path, putting up web pages of free information, setting aside much of
their time to participate in discussions on this newsgroup and other
fora etc.
It is unfortunate that so many weird cults are borrowing the goodwill of
the term 'Yoga' to add credibility to some sinister practice.
There is, however, a way to determine whether a practice is really yoga
or not:
Any group or person who practices violence, lying, theft, greed, sexual
excesses is not practicing yoga, these practices being in contradiction
to the yamas, the first and most important principles a yogi must abide
by.
S.
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| Hi Calder:
What you are bringing about is the reality. You are perfectly right.
Not only on religions but on the YOGA platform also people are selling
their bullies...There is a commercial going on!!
Yes dear you are 100 percent right.No one can deny it.
With compassion,
Puma
calderhome@yahoo.com wrote:
> Words can be just so much BS if they don't reflect the reality of the
> speaker. It is possible to use beautiful words to misdirect,
mislead,
> and mind control people for your own selfish ends. That is what
> organized religion has done for thousands of years, and that is the
art
> of being a successful guru. Religion is a business, not just a
calling.
>
> see: http://home.att.net/~meditation/Osho.html - "Osho, Bhagwan
> Rajneesh, and the Lost Truth"
>
> see: http://home.att.net/~meditation/CommonLies.html - "Common Lies
of
> the Phony World of Mystics"
>
> see: http://home.att.net/~meditation/soul.html - "Do you have a
> soul?"
>
> Christopher Calder
> http://home.att.net/~meditation/ - home page
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"puma" <puma@dowse.com> wrote in message
news:1111954611.980714.4830@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
> Hi Calder:
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> What you are bringing about is the reality. You are perfectly right.
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> Not only on religions but on the YOGA platform also people are selling
> their bullies...There is a commercial going on!!
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> Yes dear you are 100 percent right.No one can deny it.
>
you may be right - there are all kinds of jokers out there.... but are you
at peace?
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| tiresias 2005-03-29, 7:23 pm |
| anon wrote:
> "puma" <puma@dowse.com> wrote in message
> news:1111954611.980714.4830@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
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> you may be right - there are all kinds of jokers out there.... but are you
> at peace?
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> T---so now you want a piece of the inaction too
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