Theos-Talk Archives (December 2002 Message tt00131)

Hi. I am the one who made the original accusations. Paul contacted me by
private email and I came out here with an apology. I meant to come out here
and apologize to you (and your daughter), also, and though I realize this
is a lame excuse, it is the truth: I forgot. Things were happening in my
personal life (a serious situation with a suddenly broken tooth which
completely fractured right down the middle), pressure in my business, plus
huge volumes of email piled up. So I will apologize now.

I am sorry I accused you and your daughter of being someone else. I have
never even once in my entire life intentionally said anything about anyone
that I did not sincerely believe to be true. I am starting to feel that
apologies will not be enough to explain what happened and why and how I came
to some erroneous conclusions, so I will be leaving another message in which
I explain some of what happened in my mental processes previous to jumping
to these conclusions, and I will also go into the ethical considerations of
employing circumstantial evidence to come to such conclusions and then to
state these conclusion to a group of people without presenting such
circumstantial evidence, as I believe this is something worth enquiring
into.

A paranoid atmosphere (to a certain degree) has been created on this list,
and this has affected innocent people. I do not believe this atmosphere has
been created by me, but rather that something that is dishonest and not
quite right has corrupted the atmosphere on here and created a climate of
suspicion. (I am not implying that you have had anything to do with this.)
This is all too difficult for me to sort out. I will try to go back and read
your postings again, but I do not have much time. It was, quite frankly, at
the time that Brian started posting your writings that I started to feel
that something was "off." Quite honestly, the caps sort of threw me for a
loop, as I could not believe a real person would use all caps. Then when
Paul appeared, I connected a lot of material. Actually the material sort of
all connected together and imprinted or morphed upon me in such a way that
seemed so real and powerful , literally it took on a life of its own. I have
jumped to some erroneous conclusions, and again apologize. I will be back in
the future to shed some more light upon what happened, as from an occult and
also, from a Jungian perspective (I notice people are discussing Jung), it
might prove most interesting. I am very busy right now, so it might take me
a while to get to this, and I may make a message about Jung first, which
will lay out the groundwork for my future message. Sincerely and best
wishes, Wry

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bhakti Ananda Goswami" <bhakti.eohn@verizon.net>
To: <theos-talk@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2002 4:55 AM
Subject: Re: Theos-World Does Paul Johnson exist?


> Dear Theos-Talk Members,
>
> To Whom It May Concern,
>
> I have posted some bio-notes here, which fully explain who I am. In
> them it is stated that I am a Shiksha (instructing), not a Diksha
> (initiating) Master, thus do not formally initiate disciples. I am a
> solitary hermit, have no ashram or commune or group of persons who
> have vowed obedience to me. No one has ever been a disciple of mine,
> what to speak of any Brigitte on this group. I have NEVER had an
> ashram, as the people THAT I SERVE all have their own full lives,
> families, work, etc. and are spread all over the world. I have never
> asked any one to join me, or been interested in having any
> followers.
>
> I do have a world-wide ministry of intercessory prayer, spiritual
> direction and helping people with their real-world problems. I pour-
> out my self in service to these others, and do not expect or
> personally accept anything in return. If you are imagining me as a
> guru with an ashram and servant-chelas, including 'Brigitte', you are
> quite mistaken. I am a hermit who is bed-ridden most of the time now
> due to serious post-polio problems. My Father, Mother, Son and
> Daughter have been taking care of me the last decade plus. Most
> recently my Daughter comes to my hermitage daily to take care of me.
> She has nothing to do with anyone named Brigitte.
>
> My only connection to the U of Vienna History of Theosophy site is
> that I started reading it and sent some emails to the editor there,
> with permission for them to be used in any way desired. Then I found
> out that people here were accuzing someone of being me (or me of
> being someone else) and so I joined this list to introduce myself and
> clear up any mistaken identity. It just amazes me that people here
> are Still carrying on with these preposterous speculations /
> accuzations.
>
> Someone on this egroup asserted that my daughter was a fabrication.
> In fact, despite my well documented presense on the wwweb as a
> minister to the global Vaishnava community, I was also accused of not
> being real, by someone's ridiculous speculations here. Please dear
> people, stop your strange speculations and just read what is already
> available on this site. Do a little homework first before you make
> such wild accuzations.
>
> Please leave my Daughter out of your mental intrigues.
>
> Wishing you all good mental health,
>
> Bhakti Ananda Goswami
>
> ps WHAT CHICKEN ?
>
> (---everyone knows that chickens are only mayavic / illusory !)
>
>
> --- In theos-talk@y..., samblo@c... wrote:
> > Dr. Tillett,
> > Thanks for your informed statements they are appreciated here
> by me at
> > least.
> > One thing I might offer towards the solution of this inimical
> mystery.
> > I dimly recall
> > that a year ago Brigitte made mention that when she was not
> at the
> > Univ. of Vienna
> > in capacity of Faculty Assistant on a part time basis of a
> few months a
> > year she
> > traveled or made visit to a particular Ashram. One of our
> recent new
> > posters here
> > presented his credentials and position as regards Vaishnaism,
> he also
> > accused
> > some on the list of attacking himself and also
> his "daughter". My
> > curiosity
> > makes me wonder if Brigitte was his daughter. Just a
> speculative
> > possibility.
> >
> > John
> >
> > P. S I am sure more competent than I can do a search of the
> Brigitte
> > archive posts
> > to find the "Ashram" reference.
>
>
>
>
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