Autor: Danijel Turina Datum: 2001-04-22 20:39:06 Grupe: alt.yoga Tema: Re: Cover story about Yoga on TIME Magazine. Linija: 50 Message-ID: 0f86etk54qjqj2ahbgcohgn92cvhbo38ql@4ax.com |
X-Ftn-To: Tracy Miller tracym@pipeline.com (Tracy Miller) wrote: >I checked out this web site, and I think this guy is starting a cult. Actually, he's _running_ a cult for some years now. :) A benign one, though... non-violence, vegetarian diet, yogic practice, ego massage, good sex, that sort of stuff... "let's all be happy and good looking" stuff. >I think it is fluffy crap, pardon my language. Yes, that would be a good description. :) >Here's the worst: > >"The aim of every human deed is, basically, to bring about a state of >complete physical, psychic, social and, finally, cosmic harmony. The >realisation of the state in which all one?s needs are fully satisfied >at any given time. All living beings strive towards reaching this >state of blissfulness...? > >Every need? Is this like a magic basket that supplies everything? >Doesn't sound very transcendent. It would even make sense if he actually knew what he's talking about; in fact, this is mostly recycled Aurobindo. That, plus some theosophy, and he creates an appearance of someone who actually has a clue. Appearance deceives. _Aurobindo_ probably wanted to say that the point is not to transcend, but to manifest the transcendental in our lives. >?Komaja is born within a terrible cleft separating that which is >offered by today?s Christians, Hinduists, Materialists and all other >?same-ists?, on the one hand, and the essential need of contemporary >man, on the other. For this reason, this term is not to be found in >any spiritual or worldly literature, not even in the dictionaries for >foreign terms. Komaja stems from a time in the future. Komaja is a >scream (...).? > > >A scream? * What* is he talking about? :) He's just into pompous bullshit. A friend of mine met him today, she said that he looks far worse than she figured from my descriptions. :) -- Homepage: http://www.danijel.org |