To Prasadini on Be Here Now or Get There Later

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Prasadini wrote:

 

....So I can't give a thumbs up or a thumbs down - but what I know of Ram

Das, at least, is that he is an OK guy - not making any claims of

spiritual prowess, or claiming to be a guru...

Dear Prasadini ~ as I have been reading this thread about the Das's, and

then seeing Shree Maa getting thrown into the pot, I have wondered why we cannot

honor each for what (s)he has contributed, as you have done in your post. And

when I read the above, like a crack of lightening, though Amma speaks of the

"guru," I don't think she has ever said right out that she is one or even

that she has special powers, although we all know she does. She usually "ducks

and covers" when someone tries to get her to make an outright statement,

often saying, "oh this crazy girl." The Das's have their place in our spiritual

growth, if we cross their path as you did in the bookstore, just as every

single person is a part of our spiritual growth if we only realize it. (I know

you do, Prasadini). As far as I know, none of them own rolls royces or have

tried to lure young women into their circles for spurious purposes.

 

Ram Das shares his own experience, and teaches some people who are open to

his approach. Krishna Das sings and shares the burning fervor of kirtan, of

singing to God/dess with others, and so contributes. I don't know about Bhagavan

Das, so I can't say anything. But in my experience, the "false gurus" were

the ones that tried to get money from their followers, that drove rolls

royces, and that used their seeming stature to lure young women into their

beds.

 

I find it very difficult to understand how this thread has gone on for so

long :::scratching head::: or why I keep feeling a need to respond, even though

I keep telling myself I won't.

Whatever (books, films) or Whomever leads us to understand more about who we

really are and perhaps even points the way to finding our true Guru, is at

least deserving of respect.

 

Good Golly Miss Molly ~ Linda P.S. If some of you are not old enough to get

the "Get there later" in the subject line, that was a bit that Robin

Williams used early in his acting career when he played the alien in "Mork and

Mindy." Nanu Nanu