tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20670916.post115463171740458484..comments2023-11-17T00:21:43.022-08:00Comments on The Broken Yogi Samyama: Da PropheciesBroken Yogihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02257804418740860542noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20670916.post-1160240295663654812006-10-07T09:58:00.000-07:002006-10-07T09:58:00.000-07:00It still upsets me that frank couldn't prevent 9-1...It still upsets me that frank couldn't prevent 9-11.<BR/><BR/>Or is this event, too, being spun to support his advent as the Avatar to end all Avatars?<BR/><BR/>dcbAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20670916.post-1154924900624663432006-08-06T21:28:00.000-07:002006-08-06T21:28:00.000-07:00Broken Yogi, have you ever written an assessment o...Broken Yogi, have you ever written an assessment of Da, based purely on core instructions about self-enquiry?<BR/>For example, explaining what is up with him, why it turned out how it did?<BR/>I know in one of Da's books or writings he explains his experience of self-enquiry and nuances he felt he discovered with the channels and the heart<BR/>Did he alter it, or just not complete it, or ... ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20670916.post-1154714157894753572006-08-04T10:55:00.000-07:002006-08-04T10:55:00.000-07:00Well put, Broken Yogi. When "such a one" as Adi D...Well put, Broken Yogi. When "such a one" as Adi Da is "never wrong," all evidence to the contrary is readily explained away by some kind of silly paradoxical statement that he has made to cover all contingencies. <BR/><BR/>Revisionism has been the "way" of Adidam all along. It began very early as each new book presented his life history in ever more glorified language. Events of his life were constantly reinterpreted in light of his supposedly ever-increasing understanding of "who he is".<BR/><BR/>I find it less amazing that he could go so far as to spin psychotic breakdowns into unprecendented world-transforming events, as that his followers would go along with this, conveniently ignoring all blatant contradictions as well as his previous statements. But that's cultism.<BR/><BR/>This story has been raked over so many times that it seems redundant here, but these remarks and yours were in response to the apparently sincere question that you quoted in your original post in this thread. Da has spun a web of rationalizations that is still convincing to some, so it's worthwhile to continue to shed some light by presenting a little more of the whole picture. Someone reading this, sometime, might recognize it as a "red flag" about Adi Da, and that would be a genuine service.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20670916.post-1154670904670383842006-08-03T22:55:00.000-07:002006-08-03T22:55:00.000-07:00Yes, I believe the "world fame in 2000" prophecy w...Yes, I believe the "world fame in 2000" prophecy was different from the 1984 "Mark my words" talk. Not all of that talk got published, however. It didn't so much say that Da would be universally recognized by 2004, but that after that time things would be getting much better in Adidam, the difficulties would be over, and the world would be getting markedly better. Fat lot of good seems to have come of it. None of that seems to have come true, even to a fairly minor degree. True, the Cold War came to an end, but things are not exactly looking rosy now, are they? Nor does Adidam seem to have improved any. If anything, it's worse than it was in 1984, and no sign of it getting better. But Da changes his predictions along the way. He superceded his 1984 predictions with dire prophecies in the late 90's of how the world will go down the toilet if it doesn't recognize him. He doesn't explain how he was wrong in 1984 but right in the late 90's. People are just expected to ignore anything he said before as part of his "at times I assert, at times I deny" spiel. The point is, he's never wrong, he just morphs to whatever seems to work in the moment.Broken Yogihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02257804418740860542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20670916.post-1154666531021332182006-08-03T21:42:00.000-07:002006-08-03T21:42:00.000-07:00Feuerstein may be referring to the published "Mark...Feuerstein may be referring to the published "Mark My Words" predictions that Da made. These were around New Year's of 1984 and published shortly thereafter in the community magazine. In these talks he makes specific predictions about becoming world-famous, universally acknowldged as the "promised God-Man" (he may not have used that exact phrase at that time), etc. He said that it would definitely happen within 20 years. That doesn't quite line up with the year 2000 prediction, but closer to the beginning of 2004. Of course, nothing of the sort happened then either. What's more, it's clear that it's not going to happen at all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20670916.post-1154666280125351272006-08-03T21:38:00.000-07:002006-08-03T21:38:00.000-07:00testtestAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com