MMY used to come to Norway and lead summercourses in teh beginning of his Movement. The audience once asked him the question: "Are you Messiah". The answer was "Yes". Next question was: "Why don't you tell people that you are Messiah". He answered: "I do not want to be hanged in a tree". (The source is an old TM-Teacher that participated the Course). Ingegerd
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anonymousff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Then there's the US Hindu community. The tmo is, even now, > endeavoring to contact all the wealthy members of this community and > convince them to sponsor vedic pundits in India to do yagyas for > them in perpetuity. > > It goes one way at one time, and the opposite at another. So it > seems that these kinds of decisions are tactical and without an > overriding strategy or ideology. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick Gillam" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Vaj wrote: > > > > > > Mahesh repeatedly refused to teach to the > > > > English Hindu community. Isn't it obvious why? > > > > Well, actually, two contradictory explanations > > explain why MMY doesn't chase after expatriate > > Indians. One is the explanation you imply, Vaj - > > that they'll see the holes in his teaching. > > > > The other explanation is that MMY is restoring > > knowledge that's been corrupted, and that people > > who've built their lives around the "old" teaching > > are unlikely to embrace the new. To do so would > > be to admit their beliefs have been lies. > > > > Now, what I've just said is the party line, but I can't > > illustrate it with specific examples of teachings in > > classical Hinduism that Maharishi rejects. Is there > > such a case? > > > > By the way, the classic example of the second > > explanation is in Christ's career. He chased after > > Jews for two years before getting wise to the fact > > that they didn't want something new. Only when > > he ministered to an entirely new market, the gentiles, > > did his teaching take off. > > > > - Patrick Gillam > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > On May 10, 2005, at 4:44 PM, Llundrub wrote: > > > > > > > > > The irony is that Maharishi has 559 thousand Hindus or peeps > of > > > his > > > > > own faith who he is letting down. > > > > > > > > > > > > "It seems significant that Maharishi did not minister to the > more > > > > knowledgeable émigré Indian community in London, but instead > > > > concentrated on Westerners, that probably could not tell a > bogus > > > yogi > > > > from a real one." > > > > > > > > -review of "Call No Man Master" > > > > > > > > Mahesh repeatedly refused to teach to the English Hindu > community. > > > > Isn't it obvious why?>>> > > > > > > > > > Bullshit. He did teach them. They were respectful but not that > > > interested generally. 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/
