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(12/21/01 8:41 pm)
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 Let Us Grade SRF
SRF, in the most perfect cult style, always blames the devotee when something doesn't work the way it is "supposed" to work. I even heard brother Anandamoy saying: "the devotee has no rights. That is pure illusion" An infant without rights cannot grade his/her parents. Similarly, we don't have rights to grade SRF. But now things are changing fast, thanks to Walrus. Let us enjoy eating the forbidden fruit! Let us grade SRF....

Have The Teachings Failed Us?

This question is quite difficult to answer because the battle is not over. We are all trying to attain liberation and that may still happen. However, paradoxically, it may happen not as a result of keep practicing fanatically the teachings but of rejecting a good part of the them -- at least for some people. I'm convinced that only in that way we will be able to keep our sanity.

To answer the above question we need to brake down the teachings into its basic components, and make an impartial evaluation about the quality and effectiveness of the advise offered.

1) Clarity in regard to the ultimate goal of life
2) The quality of the advise on Yama Niyama
3) The quality of the advise offered on Asana (meditation posture)
4) The quality of the advise offered on Pranayama
5) The quality of the advise offered on How to meditate

Additionally, we have to look at other aspects, like:

6) The quality of the advise offered on nutrition (how to keep the body healthy)
7) The quality of the advise offered on how to keep the mind healthy
8 ) The quality of the advise provided on relaxation (physical and mental)
9) The quality of the advise provided on how to get along with others (relationships)
10 ) The quality of the advise offered on how to get along with oneself
11) The quality of the advise offered on how to succeed in life

You may think of other topics.

I suggest you rate the quality of each one of the above between A (superb) to F (failed).

A: superb
B: Good
C: Average
D: Poor quality
F: Dangerous


I came with this grades:

1) Clarity in regard to the ultimate goal of life: A
2) The quality of the advise on Yama Niyama: D
3) The quality of the advise offered on Asana (meditation posture) : F
4) The quality of the advise offered on Pranayama: C
5) The quality of the advise offered on How to meditate: D
6) The quality of the advise offered about nutrition (how to keep the body healthy): F
7) The quality of the advise offered on how to keep the mind healthy: F
8 ) The quality of the advise provided on relaxation (physical and mental): D
9) The quality of the advise provided on how to get along with others (relationships): C
10) The quality of the advise offered on how to get along with oneself: F
11) The quality of the advise offered on how to succeed in life: F

Try it out and see by yourself -- and let us share

KS
Registered User
(12/22/01 11:19 pm)
Reply 		My answers!
1) Clarity in regard to the ultimate goal of life -- GOOD
2) The quality of the advise on Yama Niyama -- GOOD
3) The quality of the advise offered on Asana (meditation posture) -- AVERAGE
4) The quality of the advise offered on Pranayama -- AVERAGE
5) The quality of the advise offered on How to meditate -- AVERAGE
6) The quality of the advise offered on nutrition (how to keep the body healthy) -- AVERAGE
7) The quality of the advise offered on how to keep the mind healthy -- POOR
8 ) The quality of the advise provided on relaxation (physical and mental) -- POOR
9) The quality of the advise provided on how to get along with others (relationships) -- POOR
10 ) The quality of the advise offered on how to get along with oneself -- POOR
11) The quality of the advise offered on how to succeed in life -- POOR

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