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Repulsion is within us, it can be transcended. I once shook hands with an elected politician. Counted my fingers afterwards and it took some doing but I managed.

Errrrrrrr I'm not quite sure that's what he's getting at buddy. Who is it becoming 'divine'?

Someone was advertising Five foods to Avoid on one site. That had a picture of a banana next to the ad. I love em but could not eat one on an empty stomach. Sliced in porage though.... YUM

Jack of all trades is master of none. You want a well dug find water then dig in the one place. Anything else and you end up with a farm covered in lots of little craters. And no water.

Sounds interesting. I do past life readings, very popular and makes a nice change from tarot, crystal or palms. Best to find an interesting past life and luckily there are thousands to choose amongst. Tell 'em they were once a shit house cleaner in Cardiff and they'll not recommend you to their friends but make them a former a High Priestess at the Temple of Isis and the 'phone never stops ringing from their mates wanting to book a sitting.

Jeff Primack charges $45 for a fifty-cents-to-produce and couple of dollars to ship DVD. That is just taking the piss. His $99 four-day workshops look like good value though. 2 stars from me for Jeff.

Bleddy predictive text. New Kadampas run nice cafes. I have no idea what their caves are like.

There's always at least two sides to every story. Sadhguru was broken up when his wife passed and he idolises his daughter. His father in law and the wife's side of the family never got on with home because he refused to keep them in the manner in which they expected to be kept. The guy gives most of his money away and they wanted a cut. When they didn't get that they demonised Sadhguru. Suicides in Ashrams and communes run at something like fifty times above the rate for society because unhappy people join Ashrams and when they stay unhappy some of them top themselves. Happens in monasteries and convents too but we tend not to get to hear of it. Ashrams though, suicide central compared to outside society. Guy like Sadhguru becomes big then rats come out of the woodwork trying to smear. That happens to all celebrities because some people are bitter and twisted and only seem to be happy in their dad way if they are having a go at somebody. Nobody working for Sadghuru is in chains, the door is open they can leave whenever hey want to. The fact hat he's had a lot with him from he start says a lot about the guy. Now I am NOT banging the drum for him or any guru (well OK maybe Tony Parsons but he's an anti-guru.. Type guru) but I so think it a bit silly for someone who is obviously enamoured of one spiritual path seemingly honking it necessary to have a go at someone on another spiritual path. They are ALL spiritual paths, neither better nor worse than any other when taken with the requisite pinch of salt. Even the cultic New Kadampas run nice caves and some contented people (for now) work in those. Knocking someone else's chosen pathway or guru does not make one's own look any better it just makes you,, the complainer ; look like a bit of a prat. Sadhguru is a hard working pro-guru, that's a rough job and there's lots of competition. He's done we'll to get to where he is in the league tables and must be doing something right otherwise he'd not be as popular as he obviously is.

Brilliant post Wolfie. To see eternity in a grain of sand, the ineffable in a single flower. And it's all right there under our noses all the time. Good eh?

Some of the kids where I work seem to lose their minds, at least temporarily ; every full moon. You can almost set your watch by the fact that come full moon there will be at least one fight on our usually placid campus. I shudder to think what they get up to over late spring and summer but thankfully we don't get to see them then cos we are on holiday.

I agree... Not childish as such more child-like in the sense of retaining that sense of wonder and greeting each new day as the wonderful thing that it can be that children have.

Well look on the bright side SunLover. A smile is a frown turned upside down so turn those lemons into lemonade and you could just get lucky. I guarantee that if you meet someone who is right for you and vice versa the first thing to go will be these hurt and angry posts of yours on here. Happy is a positive choice old chum. Do give it a try. :-)

Star Ratings Five stars .. Outstanding Four stars.. Excellent Three stars.. Good Two stars.. Not so good One star.. Borderline inadequate No stars.. Well it's your money.

There's always 'Which Taoist?'. And check the star ratings. Sarlos Guru Guide is also worth looking at.

I reckon more folk would be veggies if they had to hunt and prepare their own meat. Did you know that hunting with bow and arrow is illegal in England? Even with powerful compound or cross bows.

Yep he's getting the gigs these days. Good luck to the lad and to you too buddy. If it works for you, go with it. He's a nice guy.

Never play cards with a man who has the same name as an American city. Contemporary English proverb.... If Chicago Bob invites you to sit in on his poker game.... DON'T

And thank goodness for agriculture. We still enjoy the long summer vacation due to the fact that in the old days all hands were needed to help with the harvest so the universities came down for ten weeks. That's one fine old tradition . Long may it continue. :-)

Nice pullover. Some men can carry off wearing pink. Others can't.

Don't matter how valid the original person was, soon enough they pass on and it's left to their followers to jockey for position via re-writes and re-imaginings of what the guy who kicked it off should have said had s/he but agreed with them. Hence 'holy' writ.

LOL, you got that right buddy. Busiest room in his London centre is the John.

Nope, we only talked about motorbikes but I have seen him work, most impressive. You from the same state and caste as him Lucky?

Some people, men mainly but some women; mistake kindness or compassion for weakness. That can be a foolish presumption especially if the person being attacked for their courtesy happens to hold a black belt as many a drunken boor in garrison town pubs can testify when the always polite soldiers of the Gurkha Regiment are stationed locally.

Death's apprentice is called Susan. (I think it was Susan, Terry Pratchett book, jolly good yarn).

I'd certainly recommend Sadhguru to anyone in the market for a Hindu-trappings chap. He's a Shiva-ite - lite sorta guy. Might be a bot Yang-ey for some, very llingyam oriented but talks a lot of sense . He was in the market quite a while before he started giving sanyas.