To: K-list
Recieved: 1999/08/15 10:26
Subject: RE: [K-list] guru poll
From: Muskie
On 1999/08/15 10:26, Muskie posted thus to the K-list:
On 15-Aug-99 DruoutATnospamaol.com wrote:
> Dear List,
>
> I've been curious for awhile, wondering how many of us have ever
> had
> spiritual teachers or gurus Soooo. If you are up for another poll
>:)))
>
> !. Have you ever had a spiritual guru or teacher?
No, not really.
I did have an experience at the age of 14 at an ugly moment of my life
that seems to have substituted for one. I was planning to bring a gun
to school and kill everyone I could, then myself, when all of a sudden
the blackness lifted and I saw a set of tools. I don't actually know
how to explain it: it was a lot of very detailed information in one
moment, coming out of the blue, and which I half didn't believe in
(being as I was then, and for many years continued to be, an atheist).
After that moment there was an abrupt change in my life. I went from
school pariah to falling 11 votes short of being elected student body
president in less than a year, among other things. I also, ex
nihilo, came upon a remarkable circle of friends. Three of us in
particular gathered every lunch hour to debate ethics. One was/is
my best friend, who has a noteworthy story later in life that isn't
public, and so I won't tell it. The other friend was/is Dave
Kacyznski, brother of the unabomber, whose ethical struggle is public,
unfortunately, and I needn't tell it. While my relationship to these
friends is one of equality, not guru/student, our debates were
formative for me.
>
> 2. How long have you been with him/her?
N/A
> 3. Did you receive Shaktipat?
??
> 4. Did your relationship come before, after, or during your K
> experiences?
After/during, if one counts the above as my guru-equivalent.
> 4. Do you think the relationship come about by design or accident?
What is the difference between these two? How would one distinguish
one from the other?
> 5. Was your relationship
> a. Positive
> b. negative
> c. both
> d. neither
d... defined here as N/A
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