--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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>
> In a message dated 10/31/07 6:16:49 A.M. Central Standard Time,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
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> About a year ago I ran into Rogers Badgett (a Raja) in the bank.
He was
> standing about 10 feet away from the tellerâs window while his
assistant did his
> banking. My wife was doing our banking and I had time to kill, so
I said hi
> and tried to strike up a conversation. He was strangely distant,
so I gave up
> and read a magazine. After I left the bank I remembered that he
was a raja,
> and realized why he had behaved that way.
>
>
> This may or not be normal behavior for *rajas* but I have seen it
in many
> True Believers over the years. Holier than thou, won't shake hands
in greetings,
> "oh, Maharishi wouldn't want that." etc, we've all seen this
kind of stuff
> over the decades. Mind controlling and controlled social misfits.
I think it
> comes from being absorbed too much in one's self, not Self. M used
to
> prescribe a few minutes of TM, balanced by 10 to 12 hours of
dynamic activity. A
> few minutes in the bank prepares one to spend the whole day in
the
> market,interacting with society, not being aloof from it.
>
What I get from this is that some can take MMY's teaching and absorb
it in simplicity, while others are destined to get caught in the
numerous traps that the depth of the teaching holds. Doesn't mean
that the trapped ones are doing anything wrong or have been
misguided-- they just may not find their liberation in this lifetime
is all. No tragedy there at all.
