Your best post to FFL, ever, Shemp. Congrats !
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "The Secret" <L.Shaddai@> > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@> > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > > > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > > > > > I think we can all safely just toss the Collected Papers now, > > don't > ya > > > > think? No more need to pretend... > > > > > > > > The religion of Guru Devism is born. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > It's only 11 days since Maharishi gave up control of and > management > > > of the TMO and the clowns -- I mean the Rajas -- that have taken > over > > > have, as Curtis has indicated, already gone the extra mile to > > > solidify the "religious" nature of the Movement. > > > > > > This supports the theory that I have presented on this forum from > > > time to time: that Maharishi abandoned the "TM is not a religion > or > > > philosophy" tenet of the TM Program because he was badgered to do > so > > > by the sycophants that have surrounded him for the past 35 years. > And > > > now those very sychophants have become the gate-keepers. > > > > > > They wore the poor man down by continually demanding that he give > > > them the "real" knowledge despite his continual admonitions that > the > > > TM technique was the full and complete program. Well, Maharishi > may > > > be enlightened but he is only human. And at some point he threw > his > > > hands up and said: "Okay, if you want 'the real knowledge' I > guess > > > that's what I have to GIVE you." So now we've got THIS > catastrophy on > > > our hands: Rajas, tinfoil hats, Vedic peanut butter, etc. > > > > > > Well, the inmates have got the reigns of the ship now and, > presto!, > > > we're prostrating once a day for the next month. > > > > > > Abraham? Can you please bring Isaac over to the alter? Yeah, > and > > > bring some of those briquettes, too, while you're at it... > > > > > > > Man, I'm in a mood to laugh, laugh, laugh. Thank you. I haven't > had > > such belly laughs in years. > > > > But let me try to understand your arguments. You're saying that > > Maharishi did not have a hidden agenda of using the West to awaken > the > > East, of spreading Maharishi brand Hinduism throughout the world? > > > > > Yes, he had an agenda but, no, it wasn't hidden. He told us quite > explicitly what he was doing by packaging TM as a non-denominational, > non-belief, non-religious program. > > And, no, I truly believe it wasn't a case of him thinking: TM is part > of the Hindu religion and, therefore, I have to disguise it in order > for the suckers of the West to buy into it. To him, TM was very much > a universal thing that was separate and apart from his own personal > Hinduism and could, on its own, stand apart from the trappings of > religion. And it was with that very worldview that he packaged TM > and, successfully, brought it into the world. > > And that's how things were progressing until about 1977-9 when things > started falling apart, largely from his own doing. And I refer to an > abandonment of the above described universal non-religious approach. > > > > > > > This of course runs counter to the way it was explained to us wide > > eyed children: that Maharishi was giving us what we needed at the > > time and or that our raising the world's consciousness allowed the > > Maha Rishi to cognize more and more of the Vedic truth, or as I > always > > believed, to pull all of this shit out of his ass. > > > > > I don't know who was explaining all this to you or whether it was > done in some official capacity. But I can tell you what I was taught > as both a meditator who learned TM from the 7-step program and as a > teacher in Teacher Training and that was that the TM Program was (1) > not a religion; (2) not a philosophy or belief; and (3) the > organisation taking on the responsibility of disseminating this > knowledge would itself embody those very principles (because to do > otherwise would be to stop being universal and therefore alienate > some potential practitioners of TM). > > > > > > > Dr. BM doesn't > > just have those funny initials for nothing. Of course we've read > > which group of great seers and Shankaracharias granted him the title > > he scribbled on that stationary in London. Let me speak a bit more > > sweetly and say that he pulled that one out of the air as well. > > > > I don't quite get your problem with this becoming a religion. > > > > As religions go, I would probably be the first in line to sign up. > > But once it is a religion, you lose the potential to get 99% of the > people on the planet to sign up. That's not being universal. > > Hey, I'd love to have a guru and sit cross-legged on the Ganges at > the feet of a master and get darshan and all that. Must be a > wonderful path! > > But that's not the path I chose for myself; I actually bought into > the whole TM 20 minutes twice a day and then go into activity and, > according to one's own religion and values and traditions and common > sense, perform action. I truly, honestly believe that to be THE > highest and fastest and most effective path to enlightenment. And > for the vast, vast majority of Westerners (i.e., 99.9% of Westerners > in the TMO) performing action that entails a guru-disciple > relationship, following the dictates of Ayur-Veda and all the other > trappings of the current TMO is NOT the instructions of the TM > Program and,therefore, those 99.9% of the people in the Movement are > OFF THE PROGRAM AND DO NOT -- I REPEAT DO NOT -- PRACTISE THE TM > PROGRAM. > > As I am fond of repeating on this forum, those individuals in the > Movement has sold their souls for a few shekels of darshan. These > very people -- in particular, the Rajas -- who claim to follow > Maharishi by their very actions are spitting on the very guru they > purport to be devotees of. They are rakshasas. They are sycophants > who sucked the very blood out of the Movement and consciously traded > in the World Plan for the very selfish desire to be around an > enlightened being. And in doing so they wore the poor bastard down. > > They thought: oh, I am going to be around Maharishi and get into this > whole guru-disciple stuff and REALLY excelerate my evolution. But, > in reality, by adopting such practises and beliefs they are OFF THE > PROGRAM and are hindering their evolution. They may do the TM > Technique but NOT the TM Program, two very different things. > > Indeed, much if not most of the activities of the TMO these days are > 180 degrees in diametric opposition to the TM Program. > > And I will suggest one other thing to you while we are on the > subject: these activities of the TMO that I refer to as being off the > program that everyone from Bevan to the guy that does the janitorial > services for MUM are heavily engaged in were set up by Maharishi as a > test. It's all a test by him to see who actually listened to his > instructions. You know how everyone always says that the crazy way > that Maharishi instructs people to do this and that is designed > to "weatherstrip" them and acclimatize them and make > them "flexible"? Well, that's precisely what this whole sordid set- > up of the Movement is. > > He's been waiting for 30 years for someone to say: STOP THE > INSANITY. But no one has come forth 'cause no one paid attention in > TTC. > > I did and it's very lonely here. > > > > > Look at > > the structure. To paraphrase the words of a founding father of the > > United States of America, we're giving you a theocracy, Madam, if > you > > can keep it. That's right. He erected a freakin theocracy. What > > do you expect a theocracy to do, declare that God is dead? For > crying > > out loud. > > >