XPost: alt.religion.eckankar, alt.meditation.shabda   
   From: santimvahNO@SPAMyahoo.com   
      
   "empty room"  wrote in message   
   news:us55915n74sgnaoj3u920g1idjjfkua5ae@4ax.com...   
   > On Tue, 24 May 2005 03:49:25 +1000, "Sean"    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >>In fact, you don't see a lot of things. and that's ok too. it's pretty   
   >>common, like with 100% of people.   
   >   
   > Yes, we all have our limited point of view and our blind spots. I am   
   > fully aware of that. I make no claim otherwise.   
      
      
   OK, so you are fully aware you have a limited point of view and blind spots.   
   That will be important later.   
      
      
      
   However, I have   
   > never claimed to be a "true master" (except as a joke), or anything of   
   > the sort. If I were a "true master", the world would be in dire straits to   
   > be sure.  :-D   
   >   
      
   You're telling me!!!    
      
      
   > All that has nothing to do with what I have said. I am saying that one   
   > doesn't have to have any special ability to spot a false master,   
   > because all that needs to be done is to compare what the master is   
   > claiming that they are to how they actually behave.   
      
   I think that's silly.   
      
   How could a 5 year old spot the difference between a real professor and an   
   actor?   
      
   How can a spiritual child judge the behaviour of a true master?   
      
   There are thousands of people out there, all with their own blind spots,   
   pointis of view, and prejudices and cultures about what's ok behaviour. Who   
   is right?   
      
   What makes your particular standards the true measure when you admit   
   yourself to having blind spots in your awareness?   
      
      
   > If a person   
   > pays attention and is sincerely interested in learning the truth, it will   
   > become obvious if the master is a fake. They just won't be able   
   > to live up to their false claims of who and what they say they are.   
   > If you don't agree, that's ok. Then you don't agree.  :-D   
   >   
      
   I don't agree. I think your foundation of judging claims and behaviour is   
   flawed, and I think your idea that anyone can easily see the obvious when   
   all have blind spots and different ones at that. I accept it's your opinion   
   though.   
      
   I think we are all pretty poor at judging what other people are really like   
   or why they do things, even when we think we know them personally and very   
   well.   
      
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