Ares
Jedi Master
Hi Guys,
This is my first post in the forums. I find the SOTT and Cassiopaean material very interesting.
I have a couple of questions for the Editors and anyone else who wishes to comment.
What do you think of Indian holy man Sai Baba? To me he seems like the one of the biggest fraudsters of all time (links below). There might be so much more than that going on in the background with this 'guru' I have no idea about. How do intelligent people even become ensnared by people like him?
I have a couple of close friends who are so totally into this guy that they'd blindly follow him into the deep dark abyss if he asks them to! I have tried pointing out the flaws about this guru to them but they tend to rationalize everything they see and hear. It seems to me that these peopel are addicted to him! So my second question is, how do I get them off this addiction? Its quite tricky as you might imagine, everytime someone says something critical about their guru, they clam up and get defensive, even abusive and violent sometimes. It seems their critical thinking and reasoning skills have been eroded by their contact with this guru.
How do I get my friends to see the truth about this guy without losing their friendship? I am not sure its even possible!
Thanks,
Reader from India.
Links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sathya_Sai_Baba
http://home.no.net/abacusa/T/
http://home.hetnet.nl/~ex-baba/engels/witnesses/hari.html
This is my first post in the forums. I find the SOTT and Cassiopaean material very interesting.
I have a couple of questions for the Editors and anyone else who wishes to comment.
What do you think of Indian holy man Sai Baba? To me he seems like the one of the biggest fraudsters of all time (links below). There might be so much more than that going on in the background with this 'guru' I have no idea about. How do intelligent people even become ensnared by people like him?
I have a couple of close friends who are so totally into this guy that they'd blindly follow him into the deep dark abyss if he asks them to! I have tried pointing out the flaws about this guru to them but they tend to rationalize everything they see and hear. It seems to me that these peopel are addicted to him! So my second question is, how do I get them off this addiction? Its quite tricky as you might imagine, everytime someone says something critical about their guru, they clam up and get defensive, even abusive and violent sometimes. It seems their critical thinking and reasoning skills have been eroded by their contact with this guru.
How do I get my friends to see the truth about this guy without losing their friendship? I am not sure its even possible!
Thanks,
Reader from India.
Links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sathya_Sai_Baba
http://home.no.net/abacusa/T/
http://home.hetnet.nl/~ex-baba/engels/witnesses/hari.html