Guest guest Posted May 1, 2004 Report Share Posted May 1, 2004 Dear Brad, Please, please do not make the terrible mistake of equating all American Christians with the fundamentalist right and materialism. It is simply not true, and Vedantists should have the wit to make the distinction. Edith > Message: 2 > Fri, 30 Apr 2004 08:06:35 -0700 > " Brad Stephan " <brad > America: The Maya Machine > > Dear jay: > > Thanks for calling a spade a spade! Not only the UK, but it looks like the USA is winning the war of ideas vs. our spiritual homeland: India. Not only from the images I see of Indian cities, but whenever I come across an Indian during my business day here in the USA, invariably they are a Christian, engrossed in the " American Dream " - - a good metaphor for Maya! However, they always show a degree of fascination with my Vedantic spirituality. (Nothing wrong, of course, with Christ's teachings - it's just the perversion they undergo when " organized religion " gets ahold of them! Christians here equate America's economic success with spiritual success, i.e., God is blessing us because we believe in Christ. Our presiden Bush is a prime example of Western Christianity -- a very scary thought . . .) > > It would sure be great to see a spiritual renaissance arising from Britian (or from anywhere) - - but I'm afraid it's going to take another Avatar to get us to lift our hearts and minds out of Maya . . . > > Jai Ramakrishna, > Brad > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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