Yuck. The more I hear about this "master", the less I like it. My friend Roger, who is visiting the Aurobindo ashram in Pondicherry, India at the moment, mentioned a while back that virtually all the Indian gurus who establish themselves in North America (meaning the USA) come here looking for money, power, and fame (and I guess you can add sex to that), whereas the sincere ones tend to stay in India. I suspect he is right about that, in a general sense. I hope to goodness there is at least the occasional exception!

In the Aurobindo writings it states that the 3 things most likely to bring down those on a spiritual path are the desires for: money, power, and sex. I guess that's no surprise to most of us. Those are the things that nail corporate CEO's and politicians too.

It is also the case that as one follows a spiritual path or any other path, one gets tested, and the higher the aspiration, the more severe the tests. So, some seekers start out sincerely aiming for the highest, but end up falling very low indeed.

Remember when Christ was in the desert, and Satan (a symbolic figure, in my opinion) came to tempt him with all the kingdoms of the Earth, with ultimate power, with anything he wanted? That is typical. Great levels of accomplishment provide a larger field of opportunity than small ones do. He didn't fall for it, but most would.

So, GUEST, you want to find a "good" lawyer? Some around here would call that a contradiction in terms... :-)

But not me, of course! I can't afford to alienate the friends I have on Mudcat who happen to be lawyers as well as folkies...

- LH