Vera City You were asking after Sudama - now there are some memories! He was (is?) truly a DUDE. He stayed in our house once and we took him shopping, he spied a Gibson 12-string guitar and told me to buy it for him. Can you believe it – me and my pal actually did! What possessed us? The desire to serve a pure devotee no doubt. He never did bless me with any of toenail clippings for that service
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Foolish Fear, Great post, very honest. Every one of us have been where you stand now, the fresh hurt, the doubts. And I reckon everyone of us is greatly relieved that we finally obeyed our own integrity and started to think for ourselves. After 14 years I left in about 1986, about because it was kind of slow (sounds like you know all about that). I have managed to build a happy, loving life and
Forum: "Cults," Sects, and "New Religious Movements"

Here is my first entry on this forum, I have chosen to write about the Auckland bombings in the 1970’s (have I got your attention?). I’ll bet that there are a quite a few hearts aflutter at reading this entrée! It’s been a secret for a long time. I haven’t read all the posts on this forum but I did read this incident being referred to briefly in one post. Forgive me if I am going over old ground.
Forum: "Cults," Sects, and "New Religious Movements"

Here is my first entry on this forum, I have chosen to write about the Auckland bombings in the 1970’s (have I got your attention?). I’ll bet that there are a quite a few hearts aflutter at reading this entrée! It’s been a secret for a long time. I haven’t read all the posts on this forum but I did read this incident being referred to briefly in one post. Forgive me if I am going over old ground.
Forum: "Cults," Sects, and "New Religious Movements"