-Yes, It's time to rely on ourselves, I agree. I feel that has been the lesson in every life-time, though now, it's more critical, to wake up, and the techniques and knowledge and transfer of information is there, so leaves little room for excuses.
-- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thank you for this. What you are seeing for the future makes some > sense as a logical extension of what is going on today. > > Regarding Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, I realize I have made an error in > my thinking equating him so closely with Guru Dev, who WAS and IS > someone who truly walks the walk. I can see that Maharishi although > having a clear perception of Reality, has been subject to all of the > human foibles as the rest of us. > > This became clear to me after so many here questioned that long held > assumption of mine that Maharishi was somehow infallible. So thank > you all, and long live FFL! > > Oddly enough, I find now that whether or not Maharishi is a saint, > makes very little difference, if any, in my practical life: > > The TM technique that I learned from his organization has worked and > unfolded my self to my self, and continues to be a great way to > focus and refresh my mind and body, with the attendant rewards > reflected in my environment. > > He has written a brilliant commentary on the Bhagavad Gita. An > excellent exposition and reference guide. > > I already tried being devoted to him in years past, and just > couldn't do it, hard as I tried. Although many here have brought up > the mistakes he made and I chose not to see them for what they were, > nonetheless something inside me just wasn't attracted to him. > > I've always been intuitive so that's probably it. And of the two, > Maharishi and Guru Dev, I've just innocently liked Guru Dev better. > His vibration is the perfect combination of universal love and > unflinching truth, and purity. > > The fact that Maharishi has made mistakes and is pretty incompetent > in some ways is a good thing actually. It further reinforces that > lesson you mentioned, anonymousff, of us learning to not rely on > others; something I've been learning literally from birth. > > So Maharishi is not perfect and hasn't been. flick! > > OK. > > What's next?? > > Jim > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anonymousff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > REPLY > > > > Well, since you asked, here is what I think, FWIW. > > What we have now: > > cancer rates set to double within 10 years, > > a huge number of animal species set to become > > extinct within the same time frame; > > global warming, genetic contamination of the global food > > supply; disenfranchisement of various peoples > > of the third world, corporate greed, > > gender suppression, and so on and on. > > This sets us on the same course as a freight > > train out of control; break point will be > > reached at some time in the future. Who > > knows when, and what form that will take. > > > > It's still not too late to change the destiny > > of the world. > > > > BTW, I meant to say: > > Many people on this forum, and also many who are NOT > > on it, have a big karmic lesson to learn > > this time round and it is this: > > Don't rely on anyone else > > > > Stargazer 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/
