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by chittani
Thu Mar 16, 2006 12:58 am
Forum: St James and St Vedast
Topic: RUTH KELLY CONFIRMS POLICE INVESTIGATING ST. JAMES
Replies: 47
Views: 63627

FT I think you're both right and wrong. Philosophy does not mean you are without principles or beliefs. Plato believed in God, reincarnation and (perhaps against his own inclinations) condemned homosexuality ... but nobody says he isn't a philosopher. The point about philosophy is that you are prepa...
by chittani
Thu Mar 16, 2006 12:34 am
Forum: St James and St Vedast
Topic: RUTH KELLY CONFIRMS POLICE INVESTIGATING ST. JAMES
Replies: 47
Views: 63627

erik

Then I wish we were on speaking terms.

Suffice to say I agree with your analysis that Gurdjieff, if anyone, is the real bugbear here. A very minor figure who has exerted far too much influence.
by chittani
Wed Mar 15, 2006 6:20 pm
Forum: St James and St Vedast
Topic: WATCH CHANNEL 4 NEWS TONIGHT AT 7.00PM (TUESDAY 14TH MARCH)
Replies: 44
Views: 62932

Well done to all the people who spoke on the documentary. Seems pretty fair and balanced, and that's what will work in the end.
by chittani
Wed Mar 15, 2006 6:04 pm
Forum: St James and St Vedast
Topic: RUTH KELLY CONFIRMS POLICE INVESTIGATING ST. JAMES
Replies: 47
Views: 63627

Chris It's nice to hear what you have to say. I think there is a growing appreciation that it's necessary to find reasonable win-win proposals to go forward. Trying to destroy the SES won't work because so many of us value and love what it has done for us, AND we know that it's no longer doing the e...
by chittani
Tue Mar 14, 2006 5:27 pm
Forum: St James and St Vedast
Topic: Much Ado About Not Much, My Post & The Current Pupil's V
Replies: 30
Views: 43190

I'm glad we all seem to be agreeing on so much. At the end of the day it's not rocket science - there are plenty of models to follow if St James wants to become fully accepted as part of society. It seems now that the only question is, what will the powers-that-be do? Will they take some positive st...
by chittani
Tue Mar 14, 2006 3:12 pm
Forum: St James and St Vedast
Topic: Much Ado About Not Much, My Post & The Current Pupil's V
Replies: 30
Views: 43190

Snowman Too right. All that you suggest is reasonable and fair. So long as the SES believes in a distinction between 'us' and 'the world' (shakes head disbelievingly) it is going to be a slow process getting there, because subconsciously 'the world' (that is anyone not 'in School') is opposed to The...
by chittani
Tue Mar 14, 2006 2:43 pm
Forum: St James and St Vedast
Topic: Much Ado About Not Much, My Post & The Current Pupil's V
Replies: 30
Views: 43190

Keir Great post. Absolutely. Wandering minds is bang on. My memory of a similar saying: "He who says he knows, knows not. He who says he knows not, knows not." There are a lot of stories in the ancient traditions where the person who sets out to tell someone else something suddenly realises he hasn'...
by chittani
Tue Mar 14, 2006 2:31 pm
Forum: St James and St Vedast
Topic: Much Ado About Not Much, My Post & The Current Pupil's V
Replies: 30
Views: 43190

Hey Sam I've got to say you have my sympathy. Being regarded as a cult victim isn't easy. Good for you for standing up for your school. None of this reflects on you as a person in any way, so don't listen to anyone who tells you otherwise. Arguably it's different for an adult SES member like me who ...
by chittani
Tue Mar 14, 2006 11:25 am
Forum: St James and St Vedast
Topic: An SES member says: it's time for an SES apology
Replies: 67
Views: 102368

Sancho

I'll second that - I hope it works out for you and your family.
by chittani
Tue Mar 14, 2006 7:50 am
Forum: St James and St Vedast
Topic: An SES member says: it's time for an SES apology
Replies: 67
Views: 102368

Anton Nice one, Sancho! Well, I for one am happy to leave the Sanskrit to others - but in this case I wasn't drawing on any mystical significance. We don't have to look any further than the heart to find the cause and location of all the problems here. As the second half of your post amply illustrat...
by chittani
Mon Mar 13, 2006 10:51 pm
Forum: St James and St Vedast
Topic: An SES member says: it's time for an SES apology
Replies: 67
Views: 102368

FT I think the way being made a tutor affects someone depends on the person, like anything else. Above all, it depends on how secure they are. Maybe, also, things were more extreme in some of the overseas branches than in the UK. I bet you got everything in spades. My own experience over 2 decades, ...
by chittani
Mon Mar 13, 2006 6:03 pm
Forum: St James and St Vedast
Topic: An SES member says: it's time for an SES apology
Replies: 67
Views: 102368

Free Thinker Thanks for that. As for Anton ... I can't dislike anyone who's so creative with his insults! I find the number of evil people in the world decreases as you get to know more of them. I shouldn't really have got into personalities. But I would have to say Lambie is not someone who fantasi...
by chittani
Mon Mar 13, 2006 1:34 pm
Forum: St James and St Vedast
Topic: An SES member says: it's time for an SES apology
Replies: 67
Views: 102368

Anton I just saw your PS. I REALLY don't want to get into an argument about Sanskrit. My Sanskrit is poor, it was just a whim really. But since you've raised it again, I will explain what I believe it means. chitta can mean mind but usually means the heart. Mind would normally be manas or buddhi (I ...
by chittani
Mon Mar 13, 2006 1:14 pm
Forum: St James and St Vedast
Topic: An SES member says: it's time for an SES apology
Replies: 67
Views: 102368

Anton, We may consider ourselves mutually rebuked then ... But I have to take issue with your latest post, which makes an assumption as to my naivety (and now portrays me not as a quixotic knight but as a pawn). I think I preferred being a knight. But I suppose you are one horse up on me there. I'm ...
by chittani
Mon Mar 13, 2006 9:04 am
Forum: St James and St Vedast
Topic: An SES member says: it's time for an SES apology
Replies: 67
Views: 102368

Anton Ha ha! What a fantastically rude posting. I'm an emotionless android. I'm an immature baby. I'm an ever-so-Anglo-Saxon knight with poofter tendencies who dissolves into a puddle of piss when he gets a whiff of Aussie true grit. Wooah! Strewth! Remind me who's playing the colonial card here? Lo...

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