--- Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mar 26, 2005, at 12:43 AM, Kenny H wrote: > > > I thoroughly disagree with this statement though I > have heard people > > say it for years now and have hear Maharishi > imtimate it. However, > > when you sit up in front of people and wait until > someone puts your > > deerskin down before you get seated. when everyone > stands up when you > > come in the room, and waits for you to sit down > and then sit down, > > when they hang on your every word and you have > words to direct every > > aspect of a person's life, when you give people > blessings to get > > married or advise against it, when you have men > and women leading > > monkish lives and following your every advice, > when you have a > > university in your own name and the basis of the > universisty is > > development of consciousness, when people follow > rigorous diets and > > follow what appear to be extreme suggestions for > improving healtn and > > the many others things I have left out, it is > pretty hard to claim > > non-Guruhood. > > The nature of the Guru-Student relationship is more > personal than any > of the above. And if we are talking of "purity of > the Vedic tradition" > I doubt he would avoid the formal rite for this > relationship (of > student and Guru) and the giving of a guru-mantra (a > mantra which helps > you not only keep contact, but allows you to unite > your consciousness > to the teachers) which is the vehicle for lineal > transmission. > > You are right, he does use many of the props and a > lot of the pretense. > > We're talking about McDonald's drive-thru style > meditation here. It > ain't 'the real thing' despite 'millions being > served'.
Perhaps it doesn't work for you. You can't claim to have the experience of others. -Peter > > > > To subscribe, send a message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Or go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > and click 'Join This Group!' > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
