You think I don't know?

[Guest guest]

Braja,

 

I am so disheartened by what you say here. How could you possibly think

I have not considered 'simply another perspective?' If not, why would I

have stayed on for 30 years as a devotee even after my horrendous

horrors. Why are you telling me this?

 

I am even more disturbed that you talk as if I don't know what other

guru-kulis experiences were. I know about between 600 and 800 kulis

personally and became their voice having started the guru-kula

newsletters and reunions. I have known most of them for their entire

lives and having been to most every guru-kula in the world from the

70's, 80's and 90's over the 10 years and as many schools while I was

guru-kula.

 

How many gurukulis do you know?

Why do you think I speak as an isolated victim rather then the voice of

the majority?

Why do you feel I need your opinion to know how my friends feel and

think? If you actually knew how the majority of them felt and

experienced, you would be working with us to stop this abuse there in

India. Instead, you are wasting time on these non topics.

 

 

GBC.Unmoderated (AT) pamho (DOT) net [GBC.Unmoderated (AT) pamho (DOT) net] On

Behalf Of Braja

Monday, February 18, 2002 4:07 AM

Raghunata (John) Anudasa; GBC Unmoderated

Child molester

 

> I'm surprised this to even see this discussion. How someone can not

know

> this much at this point is almost beyond my comprehention.

>

> We were 6 to 13 year old kids 10,000 miles away from our parents in

> third world country, in a village where we did what we were told, when

> they told it, or life became full of pain, starvation, beatings, work,

> no clothing, bedding etc. How can someone not know this already?

 

With all due respect, it's not so surprising. It is obviously something

that

you feel everyone is conscious of, aware of, because it happened to you.

Our

own experiences are often foremost in our minds, and with something of

this

nature it is natural to expect that everyone be aware of it and know

about

it. But it's not the case - especially because it was not the experience

of

everyone at that school. That is to be remembered at all times. It

happened

to some, and not to all. That life for you became "full of pain,

starvation,

beatings, work, no clothing, bedding etc." is not the case for many at

the

same school, at the same time. It doesn't make what happened to you any

less

acceptable, it's simply another perspective that needs to be maintained.

 

Ys

Braja Sevaki dd