on 3/26/05 1:38 AM, Bob Brigante at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > *********** > > Think that Bevan has ever slept at the foot of Maharishi's bed? I > prefer to think that you are kidding yourself, homey. Except possibly > for a handful of Brahmacharis like Nand Kishore, MMY simply does have > the closeness that he had with Guru Dev, about which he says: > > "And from there on for me the whole thing was very light and > beautiful, no obstacles, clear, everything. Then I was living around > him without even feeling that I was living. It's a very genuine > feeling of complete oneness with Guru Dev, just like that. People who > have seen me moving with Guru Dev know I was not as if in this > isolated, single body or something. There was something of a > universal value." > What makes you think that sleeping at the foot of the master's bed is an essential criterion of discipleship? Even if it were (which it isn't) what makes you think that Maharishi ever did this? As he told it, he didn't sleep much. He was always working. Maharishi has been very involved in the personal lives of some people, telling them what to wear, buying jewelry for the ladies - I have no doubt that Tony Nader's plastic surgery was M's idea. A few years ago Mike Tompkins wanted to marry Jeannie Costello. Maharishi said to him, "What can I offer you to dissuade you from doing this?" Now Mike is in Uttar Kashi and Jeannie appears very happy with a boyfriend here in Fairfield. Of course, I don't consider such personal involvement to be a necessary criterion of a Master-disciple relationship either. But the difference between most TMers, such is yourself, and someone like Bevan, is that you can only imagine what M says or does in his close relationships, whereas Bevan has had such a relationship most of his life. Throughout many years they have talked almost every day, with Maharishi giving detailed instructions on Bevan's administrative activities.
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