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P.S:
That old headmaster of mine was known as ‘Square’!

Veet F, your rage is out of all proportion to the reality here, fuelled by your imagination, feeding on itself. Take this absurdly lurid description, for instance:
“The right metaphor would be another, this: a […]

Veet F, at 3.31am I simply clarified my own preference re drugs as, following my earlier post (1.11am), you were eager to identify me otherwise and consequently ready to seize a perceived opportunity to condemn […]

Well, you’re certainly not my idea of an entertainer, Veet, pouring out such vitriol.

Setting aside your gratuitously misplaced insults, together with any similarly misguided implication that I’m a drug […]

Veet F, please bear in mind that I’m writing as a non-drug taker (since age 20) and I can’t even accurately recall the last time I had alcohol. Not that I’ve necessarily closed such doors forever but they haven’t […]

To restrict ‘creativity’ to artistic endeavour seems an unnecessary narrowing down of the concept, NP, which doesn’t correspond to the nature of life. I agree with Lokesh on this, that life provides opportunities […]

Not forgetting the identity of a non-sannyasin who has simply moved on, according to his inner voice and needs.

And the identity of a sannyasin for the sake of the ‘image’, both to (hopefully) impress others and him/herself

“… it comes naturally to me to love and when I meet walls that imprison me or separate me from those I love I try to knock them down.”

Can you provide examples of such “walls” please, Veet F? As at present I’m […]

Well said, NP, So much for Veet F’s “compassion”.

Not at all “a pretext” for anything, Veet F. I was simply wondering about the effect of what often appears like an obsession with outer circumstances, the heavy (and arguably currently insoluble) problems of the […]

Veet F, you haven’t really answered my questions. What I’m asking is in what specific ways you view yourself as a victim (if in fact that is the case), ideally narrowing it right down to your day-to-day experience […]

Veet Francesco, I would like to ask you in what precise way(s) you yourself are the victim of “adverse external circumstances”.

And if indeed you qualify for the state of victimhood what practical options are […]

Tony Parsons has been operating for a very long time, NP.

Lokesh, I am not a fanatical Osho fan who views Osho as the “master of masters” who never made a mistake etc. etc. but I do believe that as well as the Ranch and him being regarded as a “public nuisance” by the US […]

Seems you’re overlooking the Oregon Ranch saga and its consequences, Lokesh, where the US authorities wanted to destroy the place almost from the start and which was regarded by the powers-that-be as a […]

More of those places in the Netherlands and Germany, perhaps, NP, but probably not in the UK. I may be wrong but that’s my impression.

Yes, Shanti, ‘the establishment’, the vested interests, the extremely powerful are threatened by charismatic people who can influence many to oppose and change the status quo, and they often ruthlessly get rid of […]

That’s great if you’re ready for it, NP.

Barry Long also taught along similar lines but stressed the importance of ‘getting your life right’, within and without, in terms appropriate for us contemporary […]

Yes, I get your point, NP, amd I don’t doubt the video is hugely significant for you and for the one who made that comment, but as we well know, people are different, what works for one doesn’t necessarily work […]

Whoever was responsible for that comment at youtube should have made it clear that it was “the most important” for him/her, rather than for everyone. And anyway, haven’t other teachers/masters/gurus said the same […]