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Terry

Re: The Beautiful Side of Evil

26 Jun 2009

You continue to misrepresent me. You do not respond to the assertion that all spiritist, animist, BK and fundamentalist Christians etc beliefs are based on similar premises, rather you distract - pretending that I am saying it is all Christian, which I am not. You bring up other stuff which has been...
Terry

Re: Shaking and other strange diseases

26 Jun 2009

Without asking any more about the nature and circumstances of the experience you claim you have had them, pose yourself as being an expert, then suggest the cause is either bad posture or lack of orgasms. Whew ... its like a doctor saying, "take an asprin, go to bed, and if it is still happeni...
Terry

Re: The Beautiful Side of Evil

26 Jun 2009

Hey ex-l - no need to get narky. All I said was that, from that perspective it can be seen to be so (demons, spirits etc), that as a language it might be a useful way to describe it, but to me such perspectives and language - fundamentalist Christian, BK or spiritualist - are the same peas in differ...
Terry

Re: Om Radhe (Mama) and her writings

25 Jun 2009

If souls are called the Supreme Soul, then souls should also be called the Supreme Father. However in terms of the relationships between Father and child, He is called the Father. If all of us were fathers, who would call us the Father? Definitely, the child and Father are two separate beings. Will...
Terry

Re: The Beautiful Side of Evil

24 Jun 2009

I accept the argument that you are making here that, from the viewpoint of religions and spiritualists, the BKs are part of the "spirit guide" phenomenon, whatever value judgment you want to make on that. I just do not hold to the viewpoint of the religious and spiritualists. ex-l, you rec...
Terry

Re: Shaking and other strange diseases

24 Jun 2009

Your argument is irrational. Proving invisible entities is not simpler. I will agree that there is an "energy" transfer probably happening between giver and receiver, and if one person is feeling low, or stressed, or edgy or has other issues then shakes may be induced. I would say it is pr...
Terry

Re: Shaking and other strange diseases

24 Jun 2009

Terry"... suppression of the orgasm and other natural nervous responses can lead to psychological disturbances ..." Starchild: Is that Freudian? You will note the reference to Wilhelm Reich just a few words earlier. He, along with Jung, Adler, and others, left Freud behind to explore thei...
Terry

Re: Dreams narrated, dreams explored

24 Jun 2009

Here is an interesting news story about how dreaming helps the mind problem solve when awake - this was published in media around the world. It's all to do with allowing the unconscious to process what consciousness cannot (i.e. unconscious is less defined, less structured, so it makes sense of thin...
Terry

Re: Shaking and other strange diseases

23 Jun 2009

If you experienced this, you could not and would not not dismiss it like that. With respect. Why do you presume I haven't? I have also had similar experiences (more often whilst in deep meditation and not taking dristi) - there is a lot happening between the mind, the nervous system and the body wh...

Re: Why we get stuck in groups and why groups fail

23 Jun 2009

being a "Madhubaniwasi" (an unpaid worker, a monastic serf at the Indian headquarters) has usurped "being a doctor, accountant or a pharmacist" in the social register. "My child is a Madhubaniwasi ... my daughter is a sevadarshi?" (what is the word for a Senior Sister'...
Terry

Re: Shaking and other strange diseases

23 Jun 2009

I'd agree with Jannisder on that one. It may be the nervous response based on many emotional & psychological expectations (some of which may be conflicting).

Re: BKWSU Conquers Mongolia: care of Khan Bank & Indian Embassy

23 Jun 2009

The term "Raja Yoga" is someone else's intellectual property that the Brahma Kumaris have stolen. The whole Hindu tradition has scant regard for accuracy, heritage and acknowledgement. Respect for historical accuracy is not part of its culture. Each and every variant traces itself back in...

Re: Why we get stuck in groups and why groups fail

22 Jun 2009

An interesting discussion ... I always questioned this contradiction in the Brahma Kumaris - they love to use people with qualifications for service, yet discourage their own from getting those credentials. Possibly if you said you were going to study medicine, that might be understood and encourage...

Re: Why we get stuck in groups and why groups fail

21 Jun 2009

There was a German feature film made in 2001 called " The Experiment (Das Experiment) " based on the Zimbardo / Stanford University experiment - a dramatisation of it. It is a very good film, and the lessons are as harrowing as they are important. It is available on DVD (German - with subt...
Terry

Re: Triple ex-BK Jokes

17 Jun 2009

A stranger was seated next to a little girl on an aeroplane when he turned to her and said, "Let's talk. I've heard that flights go quicker if you strike up a conversation with a fellow passenger." The little girl, who had just opened her book, closed it slowly and said to the stranger, &q...
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