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 Oct 12 2005, 10:08 PM
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 Postmodern Punditeer  Group: Full Member Posts: 4,960 Joined: 2-March 05 Member No.: 24  |
QUOTE (babu @ Oct 12 2005, 05:00 PM) true, kalisurfer, the reality is male corporate executives first...etc but they still pretend that women and children are taken care of as in women and children first  Truely said Babu, for this is the land of Pretend (Pretendatopia), which is one reason I look forward to seeing Zanardi's new book coming out. -------------------- "It's not how many times you draw breath that counts in a lifetime, but how many time something takes your breath away."
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Oct 13 2005, 04:54 PM
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 Pundit? Group: Full Member Posts: 5,510 Joined: 2-March 05 From: Sweden Member No.: 6 Irregular Member |
QUOTE I remember hearing about Dhyana "standing up" and voicing her well founded and profound opinion of things in ISKCON. It was a pivotal moment in my career as a devotee. From her and also Marie Ekstrand I got the courage to fully break out of my cocoon. We have a saying here in Finland: Ladies first, even on to the thin ice!". So I have to admit it, and I do it without shame, I just followed in their slipstream. Peace and respect to ya all! Om shanti, shaaanti, shaaaantihi!  Thank you for the appreciation, zanardi. The funny thing, though, was that when writing my heretical texts, I had no idea they would cause such a hullabaloo. So it didn't require that much courage. Or, one could perhaps say that when it comes to our ability to make certain decisive steps, ignorance and courage are interchangeable. I am really sorry I do not know Finnish. I would love to read your book! I am impressed that you managed to pull it through, complete the thing and get it published. Many of us have began writing memories of some sort or another, but rare is the soul who completes the undertaking! -------------------- Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. (Einstein)
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Oct 13 2005, 06:59 PM
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 Enlightened One Group: Full Member Posts: 2,278 Joined: 4-July 05 From: FINLAND Member No.: 111 Future Paul Newman Cup winner |
QUOTE (Dhyana @ Oct 13 2005, 05:54 PM) QUOTE I remember hearing about Dhyana "standing up" and voicing her well founded and profound opinion of things in ISKCON. It was a pivotal moment in my career as a devotee. From her and also Marie Ekstrand I got the courage to fully break out of my cocoon. We have a saying here in Finland: Ladies first, even on to the thin ice!". So I have to admit it, and I do it without shame, I just followed in their slipstream. Peace and respect to ya all! Om shanti, shaaanti, shaaaantihi! Thank you for the appreciation, zanardi. The funny thing, though, was that when writing my heretical texts, I had no idea they would cause such a hullabaloo. So it didn't require that much courage. Or, one could perhaps say that when it comes to our ability to make certain decisive steps, ignorance and courage are interchangeable. I am really sorry I do not know Finnish. I would love to read your book! I am impressed that you managed to pull it through, complete the thing and get it published. Many of us have began writing memories of some sort or another, but rare is the soul who completes the undertaking! Or maybe you actually believed that such well worded, almost truistic statements would be politely received and start a true discussion, leading to an proper reform? Idealism! Probably that was your mind-set and goal. Some of us felt that you had courage and some of us thought that you were ultimately ignorant in trancendental matters. What I think is funny is that those who chose the second alternative were afraid. Because of that they also chose to fry you out. They were caught up in their own atmosphere of fear. So, to me your "ignorance" was bliss. 
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Oct 13 2005, 07:12 PM
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 Sage Group: Full Member Posts: 1,136 Joined: 2-March 05 Member No.: 7 |
Congratulations, Zanardi! Blessed are those endowed with the ability to write. May your book become a bestseller. There are some good books by ex-cult members out there, but as far as I know none has really struck a nerve and reached the masses. It's time that something like this happened because many more people have gone and go through what we have gone through than is commonly assumed.
-------------------- Like a rock in a stream, smiling as it lets anything and everything float over and around it
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Oct 13 2005, 08:52 PM
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Enlightened One Group: Full Member Posts: 2,278 Joined: 4-July 05 From: FINLAND Member No.: 111 Future Paul Newman Cup winner |
[quote=Milla,Oct 13 2005, 08:12 PM]
Congratulations, Zanardi! Blessed are those endowed with the ability to write. May your book become a bestseller. There are some good books by ex-cult members out there, but as far as I know none has really struck a nerve and reached the masses. It's time that something like this happened because many more people have gone and go through what we have gone through than is commonly assumed. [/quote] Thank you, Milla! In as much as ISKCON was different than anything else most of the people have experienced in their life, so was it also the same. The particular atmosphere in a sect just made everything more visible. That is one of the reasons I think most of us are pretty much immune to all kinds of sectarean influences. We smell rat immediately when somebody tries to play pingpong with our mind or brain. 
-------------------- It is healthy to react in a relevant way to the facts of life.
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Oct 14 2005, 12:38 AM
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Now that we've recovered we have developed the antibodies.
If only we could make a vaccine for the rest of the population. -------------------- "We have fallen into the place where everything is music." --Rumi he said change the channel/i've got problems of my own/i'm so sick of hearing about drugs/and aids/and people without homes/and i said, well,/i'd like to sympathize with that/but if you/don't understand/then how can you act --Ani DiFranco My LiveJournal |
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Oct 14 2005, 10:55 AM
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Enlightened One Group: Full Member Posts: 2,278 Joined: 4-July 05 From: FINLAND Member No.: 111 Future Paul Newman Cup winner |
[quote=Tapati,Oct 14 2005, 01:38 AM]
Now that we've recovered we have developed the antibodies. If only we could make a vaccine for the rest of the population. [/quote] Vaccine would be nice. They could test it in the White House. Alas, instead of the vaccine we have only the hard core-method and only the bravest and dummiest (my category!)are hc enough to take the cure. 
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Oct 19 2005, 07:03 PM
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Enlightened One Group: Full Member Posts: 2,278 Joined: 4-July 05 From: FINLAND Member No.: 111 Future Paul Newman Cup winner |
I made a post here and then took it away. sorry.
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Oct 20 2005, 10:08 PM
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This member has left Gaudiya Repercussions. Group: Former Members Posts: 7,266 Joined: 1-March 05 From: USA Member No.: 2 |
I ran into this discussion of whether or not the Hare Krsna movement is positive, negative, cult like, a real religion, etc.
http://www.factnet.org/discus/messages/3/1...html?1128623527 -------------------- "We have fallen into the place where everything is music." --Rumi he said change the channel/i've got problems of my own/i'm so sick of hearing about drugs/and aids/and people without homes/and i said, well,/i'd like to sympathize with that/but if you/don't understand/then how can you act --Ani DiFranco My LiveJournal |
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Oct 21 2005, 08:12 AM
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Enlightened One Group: Full Member Posts: 2,278 Joined: 4-July 05 From: FINLAND Member No.: 111 Future Paul Newman Cup winner |
QUOTE (Tapati @ Oct 20 2005, 11:08 PM) I ran into this discussion of whether or not the Hare Krsna movement is positive, negative, cult like, a real religion, etc. http://www.factnet.org/discus/messages/3/1...html?1128623527 Tapati, you seem to have an endless reservoir of different sites where to surf! This site was a little tiresome, though. My book has a different kind of approach. I use ISKCON as an example of a sect not because it stands out from the others, but because that is the organization I was personally involved with. I try to dig deep into the Bermuda triangle of existential anxiety, fruitive mentality and the resulting isms. Religious organizations are good and vivid examples of the above mentioned, but nobody is entirely free of their influence, therefore GV is ultimately not the centre of my book. The centre is our cosmic situation, uncertainty and how to deal with it. 
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Oct 23 2005, 04:58 PM
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Enlightened One Group: Full Member Posts: 2,278 Joined: 4-July 05 From: FINLAND Member No.: 111 Future Paul Newman Cup winner |
Wish me luck. Tomorrow I have to be on TV1 to discuss my book on a cultureprogram together with some other authors. I am nervous. What if...?
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Oct 23 2005, 06:50 PM
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Pundit? Group: Full Member Posts: 5,510 Joined: 2-March 05 From: Sweden Member No.: 6 Irregular Member |
Wow! Good luck, Zanardi!!! I am sure you will be just fine
  Please come back to tell us how it went.
-------------------- Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. (Einstein)
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Oct 23 2005, 06:50 PM
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mellow dendrite Group: Full Member Posts: 1,970 Joined: 16-October 05 From: Broca's area Member No.: 165 recursive fluff event |
QUOTE (zanardi @ Oct 23 2005, 06:58 PM) Wish me luck. Tomorrow I have to be on TV1 to discuss my book on a cultureprogram together with some other authors. I am nervous. ePiTau wishes you luck man!
-------------------- In this endeavor there is no loss of ammunition (Gita 2.40).
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Oct 23 2005, 07:06 PM
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Sage Group: Full Member Posts: 1,136 Joined: 2-March 05 Member No.: 7 |
Chant some rounds before that to relax.
 Good luck! -------------------- Like a rock in a stream, smiling as it lets anything and everything float over and around it
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Oct 23 2005, 09:02 PM
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 gaydiva vaisnava Group: Full Member Posts: 5,399 Joined: 3-March 05 Member No.: 32 let's create a new God |
whenever i need to relax, i just start breaking the regs
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Oct 23 2005, 10:04 PM
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 We Here Now Group: Full Member Posts: 4,277 Joined: 2-March 05 From: Here to Eternity Member No.: 15 Just Me |
QUOTE (babu @ Oct 24 2005, 05:02 AM) whenever i need to relax, i just start breaking the regs OOOOH! Babu Prabhu!! You are putting gasoline on the fire!!!! There is a special hell just for those such as yourself. -------------------- गोली मत चलाना, मैं केवल दूत हूँ
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Oct 23 2005, 11:24 PM
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This member has left Gaudiya Repercussions. Group: Former Members Posts: 7,266 Joined: 1-March 05 From: USA Member No.: 2 |
QUOTE (zanardi @ Oct 23 2005, 09:58 AM) Wish me luck. Tomorrow I have to be on TV1 to discuss my book on a cultureprogram together with some other authors. I am nervous. What if...? Good luck! I am so happy for you! What a great opportunity for promotion. 
-------------------- "We have fallen into the place where everything is music." --Rumi he said change the channel/i've got problems of my own/i'm so sick of hearing about drugs/and aids/and people without homes/and i said, well,/i'd like to sympathize with that/but if you/don't understand/then how can you act --Ani DiFranco My LiveJournal |
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Oct 24 2005, 03:35 PM
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Enlightened One Group: Full Member Posts: 2,278 Joined: 4-July 05 From: FINLAND Member No.: 111 Future Paul Newman Cup winner |
Phew! Thank you for your good wishes. I just came back. It was a nice discussion and the whole program lasted almost one hour. They interviewed me first and presented my book. Yey capitalism! After that the other three persons who were in the "show" were shortly interviewed and then we had a group discussion with the two ladies who were the hosts. The main focus was intended to be about insecurity, existential anxiety, religions role in that and so on. Naturally the discussion went little here and there but all in all I suppose it will be a good program. At the moment I am not capable to explain much more. Too tired. Now I have to consider how to relax. Do I follow Babu prabhus advice or do as Madam Milla proposed? Or maybe I will just take some bentsodiatzepin and play with my PlayStation? Now I know. I do all three!
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Oct 24 2005, 03:40 PM
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gaydiva vaisnava Group: Full Member Posts: 5,399 Joined: 3-March 05 Member No.: 32 let's create a new God |
do you want your marguerita with or without salt?
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Oct 25 2005, 05:43 PM
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Enlightened One Group: Full Member Posts: 2,278 Joined: 4-July 05 From: FINLAND Member No.: 111 Future Paul Newman Cup winner |
OK. Now I saw the whole program. With all modesty I have to confess that it went really well. What a relief! Back in the old days of active GV it was in a way easier to be on TV because you were not really that much interested about the other persons in the program. Then you had your worn out PR in your mouth and when that was pushed out you felt that it went well. This was something else, a real discussion with other persons. I know it sounds corny but you all know what I mean. I got very good feedback and my book was presented on several occasions. Thank you for your support, peace and respect.
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