Leave a comment on this post about anything you want to talk about. Though I haven't been doing too well on this, I'll try to remember to always have an Open Thread showing in the Recent Posts section in the right sidebar. If one isn't showing, I've added an Open Threads category in, naturally, the Categories section. You can always find an Open Thread that way.
So if you're a believer in some form of religion, mysticism, or spirituality, this is where you can put your "praise God," "praise Guru," or "praise _______" comments.
And if you want to use this blog's comments as a form of message board, where you have back-and-forth comment conversations on a topic unrelated to a blog post, please do this in an Open Thread. Visitors to this blog expect comments to be related to a post. If you want to talk about weight training (a recent example), or whatever, do it in an Open Thread.
Brian, not sure if you'd want to even if you could, but i might help if one of these open thread links were permanently pinned on the page somewhere.
Often times I get into conversations that should probably drift over to a thread like this but I'm not sure where I'd even find it when you've posted too much for it to be in the recent posts area.
Posted by: Jesse | August 22, 2018 at 03:28 PM
Jesse, it's pretty easy to find an Open Thread in the Recent Posts section in the right sidebar. If I "pinned it," that would draw more attention at the top of my blog's page to a post that isn't about anything I've written, but is full of extraneous comments. So I don't want to do that.
Posted by: Blogger Brian | August 22, 2018 at 03:34 PM
@ Arguna, Marcho, Gus and any other young Athletic Work Out Artists. ( you too, Brian! )
Scan to 2:45 in to this Video for the Ultimate Yogi Workout of Enlightenment. Let me know if it works for any of you.
https://youtu.be/BESrdlf-cPg
Take deep breaths, and shake it all out!
Jim Sutherland
Posted by: Jim Sutherland | August 22, 2018 at 03:55 PM
Hey i saw this doc years ago...hehe i think my ribs would hurt affter all the beatings.
Posted by: Marko | August 22, 2018 at 03:59 PM
Marko I'm continuing this talk here so we don't further hijack that thread about the important book of an ex satsangi.
Asking me might not be the best idea since I believe in nothing other than that I'm here being me, but I can't see what the harm would be in meditating without worshipping a guy who lives a million miles away who you'll never meet. Plus, if you do happen to believe in the general RS and Hindu dogmas, it's said that doing anything related to these masters is beneficial. RSSB even printed something with the old stories about Krishna that said hating him was beneficial because at least you were thinking of him.
If I recall, David Lane is an agnostic surat shabd practitioner. Not trying to put words in the man's mouth, but I don't think he believes in the godhood of Gurinder or whoever initiated him, yet he still claims to do the meditation and he didn't immediately become a frog or hungry ghost as far as we can tell.
I've personally gone back and forth doing the surat shabd meditation over the years and long after I lost faith. Nothing bad happened to me other than that I admitted that I'm an all natural a**hole instead of pretending I might become a saint some day.
Posted by: Jesse | August 22, 2018 at 04:00 PM
Quote Jesse...
..Asking me might not be the best idea since I believe in nothing other than that I'm here being me
________
I respect opinion of others including you.
Posted by: Marko | August 22, 2018 at 04:06 PM
777 the sad clown wrote,
"Brian
A coward you are
If a comment is to hot you delete it
Arjuna in battle would kick your ass
Delete this too
I'm going to publish anyway in an interesting
easy to find way
Coward
Of course you cannot meditate
7
Posted by: 777 "
One thing I want to immediately point out is that Brian is over 60 years old, and Arjun is in the military. If Arjun can't beat Brian in a fight, he should immediately retire from his service.
But on the topic of commenting, 777, you never make sense, you're a religious fanatic who wants to at all costs protect the image of your cult, and as can be seen by this outburst, you're not even confident in your belief since you can't let it go and want to force others to believe in you.
As I've asked 10 other times, if you're so deeply enraptured by the life giving sound of the universe that is purported and believed to kill all human ego, then why do you cry when one of your internet comments are deleted? Why is your online expression so important to you that you're now saying you'll find other ways to comment? Maybe it's you who "of course cannot meditate." At least not effectively.
I had a comment end up in spam recently and I mentioned it, but didn't really care. It's back up now, and nobody else finds it funny, but I did cause it was written to mock believers. We might call it a prophecy since I rightly predicted that satsangis would come and say that the author of that book was lying and whatever else.
Thank ONENESS I got out of RSSB. My ego has diminished and I no longer care if people on the internet disagree with me or want to ban me for acting like a childish fool. Join me, 777, in my flight to freedom.
Posted by: Jesse | August 22, 2018 at 05:09 PM
"HIS DELETING MAKES IT TRUE"
Maybe the 7 in your name indicates your age? To be fair, I understand your pain and I wish that deleting something made it true. Every online rant I'd ever had deleted would vindicate me as the premiere lay philosopher of our era if they were deemed true by virtue of deletion.
"But moreover in this cases Brian is the writer
because the style is identical
I can prove that with modern style algorithm quantum programs"
MODERN STYLE ALGORITHM QUANTUM PROGRAMS
Bro, I don't need any modern style algorithm quantum programs to confidently verify that concoction of randomness as a big ol' hefty word salad.
Are you saying that Brian wrote that book? if so, that'd be cool because I'm sure he gets a lot of emails from disgruntled satsangis who are fed up with psychos like yourself, and their combined letters would make for a good memoire.
A bigger problem we're dealing with here is the incoherence of anything you say. I can't even tell if you're saying Brian wrote the book, because two sentences prior you were talking about astronauts and then you segued into something about Charan Singh kicking chicks out of the Dera.
As they say on English T.V., what are you on about, mate?
Posted by: Jesse | August 22, 2018 at 05:42 PM
@777
Please share this with Gurinder: “I” (and he would know exactly who I am if he read any of these posts) am not finished... (he’ll know what that means too).
But he should be very thankful that I am FAR MORE FORGIVING than he is. Sheena’s story is one of many (as “Sweeto” also knows).
Yes, the gloves are off.
Posted by: Sarah | August 22, 2018 at 10:12 PM
@Sarah
HE would know all that Charan will give HIM to know
So keep calm because all this
is on a need to know base
I see no need -
77
Posted by: 777 | August 23, 2018 at 01:11 AM
Ok and Thank You Brian Let s GO :
Let start with the deleted texts ( and a little what was it about for coherence)
--------Brian says: "Sure, everything on the Internet, or in life, should be questioned."
I agree wholeheartedly.
Once again, its hearsay, Sheena's version of who and what Gurinder is all about.
If you wouldn't talk about Sheena face to face as you talk about her in a comment, then don't say that in a comment. Be respectful. Be coherent. Be clear with your language.
Brian, I was a true spiritual seeker and thought Charan was an enlightened being and now have changed my mind about Sant Mat but would never have likened my original belief to "infatuation".
Its very disturbing to think that there is some kind of misconduct happening with Gurinder and his female followers.
I do appreciate your blog and thanks for the reply.
Posted by: Jen | August 22, 2018 at 08:26 PM
""""" Imagine this every time you write a comment: picture yourself sitting in a coffeeshop, talking with the person you are writing about. If you wouldn't talk about Sheena face to face as you talk about her in a comment, then don't say that in a comment. Be respectful. Be coherent. Be clear with your language.
Posted by: Blogger Brian | August 22, 2018 at 07:33 PM """""""
I would avoid that yes, . . . because i would hurt her
7
I will even try to attack Amazon for this publication
7
Posted by: 777 | August 22, 2018 at 09:00 PM
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Posted by: 777 | August 23, 2018 at 01:19 AM
IQ_dull_Shame to those . . accepting this hearsay but 'welcome' attack
without RSSB
without dates
without proof
without names
without locations
false
not even circumstancial evidence
So Brian better find a third slandering story
to print in PDF
a few times
calling it a book
777
Posted by: 777 | August 22, 2018 at 02:46 AM
All you have to do is look at the pictures of Gurinder over the years to see “proof” of his change. He hasn’t had many taken but in the first he was nervous and unsure of himself, in the second he was comfortable and happy, in the third/forth he had no light left in his eyes. And the last picture taken of him under an archway at the Dera... well, all you have to do is expand the picture and look at his eyes. Truly negative energy emanating from the windows of his soul.
He’s very fortunate that hell has frozen over. I also read the book and it’s in line with many dates if you can solve simple pre-algebra word problems.
444
Posted by: Sarah | August 22, 2018 at 03:20 AM
Our ( both of us here in France ) radiant View of HIM, seeing GURINDER
24/7 inside of us
couldn't change
I see this as parallel to Brian's refused 1991 book story,
and see what hostile effect this had in this group
Recalling it in a chapter here , Brian couldn' even use
the "I did such & so" . . . but it was someone else
Charan had also mainly ladies approaching him
at night for Self gratifications
and we all know how disappointed Egos can react
This 'book' could have been written by anyone for revenge / money
777
Posted by: 777 | August
Posted by: 777 | August 23, 2018 at 01:21 AM