Comments on: SK, I am not a guru, nor even a mystic

By: sillykitty

sillykitty — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 07:25:39 +0000

yes! embarassingly uncool like lava lamps and/or tie-dye. it will die from being unfashionabe instead of from being seriously horrible, but it doesn’t matter. god works in mysterious ways, and has a strange (slightly sick?) sense of humor. ?

By: nemo

nemo — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 02:19:01 +0000

Your comment on Enlightenment magazine is interesting. I almost feel sorry for the Cohen gang (??). They have miscalculated the New Age they expected to carry the wave of the future. The postmodern fad is turning out to be a passing one.

By: nemo

nemo — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 02:13:27 +0000

Very good link

By: sillykitty

sillykitty — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 02:07:44 +0000

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_wei

By: nemo

nemo — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:36:51 +0000

Is this the name of an author or the ‘Zen’ theme of wu wei?
Wait, you answered my own question. I think I recall the name, vaguely, but I can’t quite place it.

We could use some good history of the ‘wu wei’ desigation and Chinese Zen.

By: sillykitty

sillykitty — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 10:33:23 +0000

what about we wu wei? several interesting, intelligent bookstore customers have come through looking for his books. but i’ve never had one in 14 years. previously out of print i ordered a used copy for a nice man from burma a few years back. best price was about $30. the other day a nice man from austria also looking for we wu wei—specifically a book called ‘ask the awakened.’ discovered that several of his books have been re-issued and are available on amazon new for about $10. ordered a copy of ‘ask the awakened’ for the gentleman, and one for myself. so far have only read a few pages. had to cringe through the ‘you must proceed with a guru but a guru is impossible to find’ bit but….apart from that, not too nauseating so far. do you or others have a take on him?

he was a westerner. wrote between 1958 and 1974. wei wu wei, his pen name, is said to mean: ‘action that is non-action.’ taoist? whatever.

By: nemo

nemo — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:41:31 +0000

Thanks for comments/participation. I am thinking about how to proceed with our earlier expose processes. Your input has been good. On the subject of mysticism, get specific and cite some books, that might start discussion.

By: sillykitty

sillykitty — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 01:56:47 +0000

i look forward to your autobiography. with pictures too, i hope. as i recover from what happened, my story becomes more lucid, it is easier for me to tell and easier for people–with the right background (forget the general public)–to understand. so i find people, like you, to tell it to, and i tell it. and word does get around. people love prurient gossip–especially ‘new agers.’ lol. my need for a personal sort of revenge diminishes–but my wish for those ’shenanigans’ to be stopped, will continue and as long as i live. i will try to address it, one way or another, get the word around, and make myself available for whatever use i might be, probably not much, to those who are endangered, or already harmed.

the little used bookstore has a growing cult section, adjacent to the religion section, and next to a newer selection of books on mind control. you have helped me connect the dots in so many ways. in so many ways.

i look forward to the constantly unfolding dialogue on this site. thank you. onward.

By: nemo

nemo — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 01:16:20 +0000

Thanks for your comments. I think your clarification is appropriate since it is actually inappropriate for anyone to push anyone about occult issues. But personal history, well, who knows.
I had thought I had made my history concerning sufis pretty clear. But maybe not. I will have to write my autobiography. Meanwhile, we should maintain contacts. Once you criticize this guru gang you can get in trouble, and the outer world won’t be able to help.
We have given e.j. gold pause, that’s for sure. He has one weak spot: his public image among new agers (forget the general public). One people realize these Gurdjieff gamers are dishonest, they won’t stand for sufi shenanigans and hurting others.

By: sillykitty

sillykitty — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:32:37 +0000

i just got the settlement money from when i was hit by the car on passover 2005. yesterday i bought myself a beautiful and expensive harmonium (in delhi!) on ebay. i am going to teach myself how to play and sing.