I have sifted through the Yoga/Meditation forums and can't help but notice a lot of words written over and over again. All I want is some basic conversation. Anyone willing to chat about this stuff in a non-threatening way? I'm a young female, and many may think that I'm not old enough to know what I'm talking about (I get that a lot), but I do have opinions like everyone else - why should age matter? I just find it hard to take in when someone writes me a book when I ask them their opinion. I have accomplished a medatative state. I am far away from living a daily conscious life but am working on it. The only problem I have is remembering how I acheived this state in the past. I am reading Osho. Some call him a mystic, others call him very unorthodox (which he is and I totally love that about him), and I'm sure there are many others who hate him and wished he never existed. I've been trying to find others who have read him. So if you have let me know and I'd love to chat. I don't want to shove my opinions down anyone's throat, I'd just like to ask questions, get some answers, and know what others are thinking and feeling.
I've read Osho and really appreciate his genius, though frankly, I think he made alot of shit up merely to keep his peeps attached to him. That said, he is from the same small hometown as Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and both were born sudras which is working class, which in the impoverished place and era from which they came can easily explain how these two geniuses and contemporaries could become such megalomaniacal God-men. Sorry, I don't chat, but I'll be glad to respond here. I just can't type fast enough for chat. It's relatively certain that Osho, though he still has a following, doesn't have a real lineage with which one can make a lasting or universal coonnection, if lineage means something to you. For instance one can search and find a still extant lineage for Patanjali who was a Shivitte, and so on....
It's okay that you don't chat, I just ment talking really. I don't like chat rooms at all. I don't know anything about the other men that you mentioned. My point is - I'm sick of the whole world conforming. I found it interesting when my mother started pressing me about how much I'm not like her. She was so much like her mother, my grandmother. I am my own person. Why should I be the person other people want me to be? And I'm not exaggerating when I say that the whole world pushes the past onto others, including their own children. Although my mother wants me to be like her, she still opted to leave me unbaptized (if I may use that term). She said it was my choice, and she accepts most things about me. When I questioned her wanting me to be like her, she stopped pushing tradition, and her ways upon me. I thank her for that truly. Everyone has differences. But no one is willing to accept them, especially if you don't believe in god. I've been around too many Christians. I've had their shit shoved in my face my whole life. It's not just Christians either. It's all of them. And when I say them I include the Athiests too. Sorry for my ranting...
That's fine. I also went unbaptised and I am thankful. I finally went Buddhist after 36 years of life. I just wanted someplace that I could call mine. My wife is Catholic though - nonpracticing. We're wanting kids now. In my city - New Orleans - everything of note is Catholic. Her parents are Catholic. I feel that maybe my kids will be baptised even though I really sort of hate Catholicism. I consider it the bane of Earth. I really don't know what to do about it. I guess I'll make my feelings plain to my wife. There's subtle issues. I am sort of usually the one who all the animals like and I would probably charm my kids out of their wits so I don't want to ostracise my wife. It's complicated. I'm not sure how much any of this shit really matters since people will always regret something, and be thankful for something else, all determined by their personal vision. What do you think?
The ranting is cool, at first it bothered me but then I remembered there are people that really feel pressure from the world. See, I live in what apparently is a hidden and magical place where I'm free to act and speak how I want (at the age of 16 no less). And I can interact with other people without them forcing bullshit on me, because they are accepting, and even more radical than I am! So I forget that there are people that are restricted by the world and suddenly awaken to the fact that they're getting screwed. And you're absolutely right, you should be your own person. I don't know how you could even consider being what others want you to be. If people don't accept your differences, fuck 'em. You don't need that kind of bullshit. And this really is one of those cases where if you aren't part of the solution you are part of the problem. Just remember while you disregard the awful mores around you, to love and respect the christians and scientists and scientologists, because they really are good people deep down that happen to be ignorant. So go; listen to They Might Be Giants; walk barefoot; watch Mystery Science Theatre 3000; one up those Christhead know-it-alls and learn to talk with angels, put jam on your ham sandwich; do whatever you want! Shit, that was a book wasn't it? Sorry I've run into your sort of character a lot I think, and it just all made sense after reading your post. I was inspired, won't happen again.
