Guest guest Posted May 11, 2006 Report Share Posted May 11, 2006 Patricia Robinett, I own this list. I started it. I can shut it down, I can exclude people. I have been in this position since the day it began, on my own server, which I bought and paid for just to start this list, way back 10 years ago. It flourishes because of me. You come along, and you are very challenging to me. I have thought hard about you lately, because of your way of dealing with me, and I have come to the conclusion to confront your latest volley onlist, instead of off. I hope you can understand what I'm about to say. First of all, I have noticed, over TIME, not just the recent days, that you regularly express YOUR opinion of what other people say about GOD, including HINDUS. I have noticed you expressing in Passive/Agressive ways, your opinion against their's...like for example...a typical statement of yours might be" "Gee, it's too bad you have THAT view of God" That kind of mood. You are a very opinionated person, and you often put little smiley faces after stating very Passive/Agressive or judgemental things, as if your little smile will fix your subtle attack on the person. Since I noticed you regularly not understanding the Hindu way of viewing God, it continually reminded me time and time again, of the British during their days in India, which are well documented. For example, in the movie Gandhi, when the Christian missionary is on top of the train, and talking to the Hindus, who sincerely call him a "Vampire" becuase he "Eats the flesh and drinks the blood of Jesus Christ". It's a very funny, but poignant example of the differences of understanding. When I posted my joke, I truly thought of it as a joke. Not a poke at you. I didn't think you would take it the way you did, otherwise, I would not have posted it, for I already fear you fully. I know you personally, and fear your mouth, your wrath, your judgements, your opinions, upon me, as I've already felt them, in person, across a coffee table, and at other times. Now you don't talk much about Jyotish on here, and many of us don't. But most of us who don't already know Jyotish. It's obvious you enjoy the other topics, as do I. But you are not as versed in Hinduism as most of us on here. There are well over one thousand people on this list who live in India. There are tons of white people on here who like me have lived our lives for deities like Shiva and Krishna. You come off like an authority on God, but you have to realize that you don't have our training, you have some other training. Also, it's not very common these days in America that doctors mutilate young girls genitals. It may have happened before, but I doubt, no matter what you say, that it happens that much anymore. We all know it's going on in Africa and other places, and that's one reason we as a country have ambassadors, wars, and play political games with aid and embargos to try to dissuade them from such things. It's not so much the subject of this list. I think when it comes to Jyotish and the view of God around Jyotish, you should perhaps be more of a student, and less of a teacher. Next, Okay, you didn't get my joke, and you took it personally, and then off list threatened me to go on a tyrade if I didn't recant and apologize onlist. Well, you fulfilled your word. You are trying at every opportunity to belittle me. Touche. When it comes to my mothers death, and what I said, your little comment is similar to all your other comments- you say the obvious as if you are some big thinker, and put a smiley face to make us not get mad. Well frankly, I don't really like you commenting on my mothers death or my view of it at all. It's not your place. I am way more aware than you think of me obviously. Plus, I only told what I wanted to tell. Why do you assume that what I said is all there is to know? Fact is, there are many other factors to the events and her odd visions. I'm a bit appalled at your blunt and lame attempt at passive/agressive attacks on me. It's clear to me you like attention and you want to be seen as very learned and enlightened. Let me assure you that on this list are people who are every bit and more, learned and enlightened than yourself. I really think you should step back and realize you're in a big forest here, and you shouldn't be walking around with your little hatchet hitting trunks and assuming you felled the tree. All's you are doing actually is pissing off a bunch of big trees. Having been "mutilated" as a little girl is really sad. But it's your decision to make it a huge issue and movement etc. There are people on here with WAY worse afflictions than that one, I assure you. Having personally met and talked to many of these people over these ten years on the phone, in person, and through email, extensively, I assure you that intense suffering is known on this list. There are people on this list who have had their families killed in wars that the US waged. There are people on here who have been mutilated and jailed as political prisoners. There are people on here in Iran, Kosovo, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Russia...everywhere. There may even be Muslim doctors on here who have cut the genitals of young girls themselves more than once for the sake of their beliefs and those of the families they serve. You do not know the subtle way I tread. You do not understand why I made that joke- you cannot, because you do not know enough about India and Hinduism. Your way of dealing with people seems like bigotry from a Christianized Westerner whether you identify with these terms or not. You do not understand the subtlety of Hindu theology. It is way more subtle than yours. Your statements appear to be rough and flowery only, in comparison to what many, including myself, have studied and know. India's theology is simply much more complex than anything that has arisen in the West. Or put another way, only the highest Western mystics have come close to what is NORMAL in Indian theology. This is where India is quite advanced, and many on this list, including myself, are adepts at it, and you are not. When I personally accept or reject something theologically on this list, the reason I don't catch flack is because most of the people on this list who dare to write know the depth of my knowledge and the extent of my studies in Hinduism. To them, your lack of knowlegde is evident. If I were totally quiet, they would think "Das is rightfully ignoring the attacks of someone who doesn't know what they are talking about". And they would be correct. But they also understand if I come out like this and take it on. In conclusion, do as you like, continue to show that you are an attention grabbing, passive-aggressive, self elevated know it all who doesn't know anything about either Jyotish or Hinduism, or, learn more first, be more humble, or at least don't take me on, because if nothing else, I can remove you from the list, and I can also moderate all messages so that no matter who or what you sign in as, I can make sure nobody ever sees your messages. I won't do that, I'm too lazy. So instead I'm just asking you to please back down and if you need a reason, do so for the sake of showing humility before a world wide world class collection of theologians, philosophers, Jyotishis, Religionists, Bhaktas, Shaktas, Shaktis, Vaisnavas, Rabbis, Priests (yes!), Nuns (yes, there are some here), Pastors (there's a bunch), and so many learned Hindus and sincere people. I only meant that original post as a joke, and for reasons you'll not understand until you study India alot. Whether you can understand it or not, I was trying to serve you by softening and making light of your obvious vulgar passive agressive mood towards Hindu people's statements about God. I was trying to give you and them a way to look at it lightly. You act like the last word, but you have no idea how their brains work, or what their scriptures teach. Instead of letting the joke do it's work, you turned it into an attack on me. Tons of these people love me, so that's not a good idea for your side to begin with. But the main thing I was trying to fit you in better, so that your attacks wouldn't stand out so badly. The old Vaisnava men and Woman on this list cannot even speak the way that is normal to them because of people like you. I know exactly how they speak about Krishna, because I've sat tolerating a cajillion mosquitoes in Mayapur and Vrndavan and listened to them for days on end. It's a very different culture. You try to constantly extinguish them, which is typical of Christian missionaries and Westerners. I tried to make it work, but you didn't get the subtlety of it. The man who you responded to directly before my post, the one you put down with some statement like "Gosh, it's awful to not have hope"....I just had to act, because believe me, they have TONS of hope, you just don't understand their lingo. The man will probably not post again because they are very trained in humility whereas we are not so much, you definitely not. So now I hope you have a little more awareness of what's really going on here. Most sincerely Raghunandan das Das Goravani Sincerely, Das Goravani (Richard Vuerst-MachAeoidh) (Please use email to communicate with me) For online ordering and all information see our website: http://www.Goravani.com Astrology Software, Training Videos, Chart Printouts and paintings by Das Goravani Eugene OR 97405 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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