On Jan 17, 2008, at 2:09 PM, abutilon108 wrote:
I signed the pledge much later on and I'm quite sure the wording was
different. It seems not everyone would have signed the same pledge,
although as I remember what you were agreeing to was pretty much
the same.
Declaration of Loyalty to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
(to be signed by the teacher of TM)
It is my privilege Maharishi, to promise to teach the Principles and
Practice of Transcendental Meditation only as a teacher-employee of
………… which accepts me as such, that I will always hold the teaching
in trust for you, dear Maharishi, and that I will never use the
teaching except as teacher in ………… or other organizations founded by
you for the purpose of carrying on our work of spreading
Transcendental Meditation for the good of mankind; that as a teacher
in ………… I shall receive such compensation as shall be agreed between
………… and myself in writing and except as agreed in writing I expect
to receive no monetary compensation but am fully compensated by the
love and joy I receive from the work by the alleviation of suffering
that I may accomplish and by the wisdom I obtain, expulsate and
cherish. In furtherance of this pledge I acknowledge that prior to
receiving the training I had no prior knowledge of such system of
Teaching; that there is no other available source where the knowledge
of such training may be obtained; that such teaching has been
imparted to me in trust and confidence; that such training is secret
and unique. I further recognize as a Meditation Guide and Initiator I
am a link in the chain of organizations that you have founded, and
that to retain the purity of the teaching and movement you have laid
down the wise rule that, should I ever cease to teach in ………… or
other organizations founded by you, for the purpose of teaching
Transcendental Meditation, I may be restrained by appropriate process
from using this secret teaching and Transcendental Meditation
imparted to me.
It is my fortune Guru Dev that I am being accepted to serve the Holy
Tradition and spread the light of God to all those who need it. It is
my joy to undertake the responsibility of representing the Holy
Tradition in all its purity as it has been given to me by Maharishi
and I promise on your alter Guru Dev that with all my heart and mind
I will always work within the framework of the Organizations founded
by Maharishi. And to you, Maharishi, I promise that as a Meditation
Guide I will be faithful in all ways to the trust that you have
placed in me.
JAI GURU DEV