area of agreement

[Guest guest]

Dear Jahnu,

 

Thanks for your open-mindedness:

 

> Now if someone is not intelligent enough or too traumatized

> from his childhood or to mentally disturbed for some reason to just

> practice bhakti-yoga, and therefore wants to seek help

 

 

> from the modern self-help gurus, then that's one thing.

I am not arguing for self-help gurus or pop psychology:

 

 

> It could be argued that it would be better for disturbed devotees

> in ISKCON to get their therapy within our society rather than having to

> seek help from outside karmi-psychologists.

 

Yes. Trained devotee counselors are available.

 

--ys, td