tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6232195.post114966657976741417..comments2024-02-19T14:46:23.841-06:00Comments on Feringhee: The India Diaries: The MahaMatrixSirensongs: Indologist At Largehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101429745244414871noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6232195.post-1149937888932693282006-06-10T06:11:00.000-05:002006-06-10T06:11:00.000-05:00VIEWER MAIL Rama in Kerala writes: Have you total...<B> VIEWER MAIL </B><BR/><B> Rama in Kerala writes: </B><BR/><BR/>Have you totally given up on the idea of Vipassana? Because of your writing abilities, I was looking forward to your description of the experience on your blog. Remember the way you described the experience with the christian healers? That is fascinating reading and I am sure worthy of going in to a book about your travels in India (should you decide to do one).<BR/><BR/>.....<BR/>Dear Rama: Wow, it must be raining cats and kukurrs (dogs) there in Blog's Own Country. <BR/><BR/>No, I rarely give up on any idea. They just kind of float around my desktop till the piece of note paper is stained with tea rings and grime, then I write them onto a new piece of paper and hope springs anew. I will do a Vipassana course for sure some time this year. It will be tough to report accurately, since the course does not allow note-taking or writing of any kind for 10 days. I imagine it will be a real media withdrawal for me. <BR/><BR/>Speaking of healers, before leaving Kathmandu I plan to see a Tamang shaman woman here in an attempt to get my stomach ailments cured. Since medicine has failed, perhaps it is an illness of the spirit. <BR/><BR/>Signed, Siren ShamanistaSirensongs: Indologist At Largehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15101429745244414871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6232195.post-1149766597614470872006-06-08T06:36:00.000-05:002006-06-08T06:36:00.000-05:00VIEWER MAIL Michael in Minneapolis writes: Hey Sir...<B> VIEWER MAIL </B><BR/><B>Michael in Minneapolis writes: </B><BR/><BR/>Hey Siren,<BR/><BR/>I can't say with any knowledge that you have changed<BR/>for better or worse because I hadn't read your blog as<BR/>a linear journal until recently. You know yourself<BR/>best regarding your health<BR/>(spiritual-emotional-mental-physical-social-environmental),<BR/>so I have faith you'll take care of yourself if<BR/>circumstances threaten your well-being.<BR/><BR/>That being said, I do believe there are definite<BR/>'mystical' forces at work all the time, and sometimes<BR/>we as humans enter an unwanted clouded state where it<BR/>becomes difficult to discern the balance we need for<BR/>sustained health. Bottom line: protect yourself. And<BR/>believe others are intentioning your good health.<BR/><BR/>OK, enough of that serious stuff. Well, maybe not<BR/>yet.... Is it possible that the matrix is most present<BR/>in America? And as a true super-heroine will you<BR/>return from your enlightenment journey to be the<BR/>leader and healer that I sense you are? Possibly the<BR/>One? Or One of many? One can hope.<BR/>.........<BR/>Dear Michael: <BR/>Of course, the Matrix is present in America, in a slightly different form. Here, it is taboo to even talk about Reality. In America, it is not only okay to talk about - it's even big business (talk shows, therapy and so on) - but it is taboo to DO anything about it. <BR/><BR/>Me, a leader and super healer? I am not interesting in anything that involves getting up so early in the morning. (smile)Sirensongs: Indologist At Largehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15101429745244414871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6232195.post-1149764648179283132006-06-08T06:04:00.000-05:002006-06-08T06:04:00.000-05:00Dear Amod: Thanks, but that's not really what I me...Dear Amod: <BR/>Thanks, but that's not really what I meant. The kind of thing I'm talking about is, your hypothetical guy denying that he even has servants. (Like the Tamil couple I had a homestay with...they "didn't have servants," even though they had a 30 year old house "boy" and a fulltime driver. They don't exist! Because if they did, then the employers might be contrary to the image they cherish of themselves...as good, modern upstanding people who don't exploit the poor. So, they don't have servants. Only a house boy and a driver. But no servants.Sirensongs: Indologist At Largehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15101429745244414871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6232195.post-1149764446594969142006-06-08T06:00:00.000-05:002006-06-08T06:00:00.000-05:00HOW DARE YOU IMPLY THAT WE COULD EVER HAVE A PROBL...HOW DARE YOU IMPLY THAT WE COULD EVER HAVE A PROBLEM, YOU ARE THE PROBLEM FOR SAYING THERE IS A PROBLEM! WE ARE A GREAT ANCIENT NATION WITH A GREAT ANCIENT CULTURE BLAH BLAH GREAT ANCIENT BLAH GREAT MODERN LARGEST DEMOCRACY BLAH BLAH TRADITION ANCIENT GREAT VEDAS PHILOSOPHERS YADDA YADDA YADDA! HOW DARE YOU HAVE AN OPINION ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE NOT BROWN! YOU ARE OFFENDING THE HURTING SENSIBILITIES AND OFFENDED FEELINGS OF THE HURTING SENSITIVE INDIANS!<BR/><BR/>I really do get mail like this.Sirensongs: Indologist At Largehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15101429745244414871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6232195.post-1149740259652901092006-06-07T23:17:00.000-05:002006-06-07T23:17:00.000-05:00Hey what are you talking about? MahaMaya is the ca...Hey what are you talking about? MahaMaya is the cause of your changing persona? Nothing is wrong here. Everything is fine in India. India can never do anything wrong ya know? :)<BR/>Jokes apart, how are you now? feeling well after the viral attack / Food poison?Shinu Mathewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16221292281555891671noreply@blogger.com