Richard, My point was only concerning certain specific content. Plenty of sidhas who are into the teaching can understand MMY's teaching better than some teacher who isn't intellectual or very into it. I was a case in point as an MIU grad who was super into the teaching before going to TTC. With your own deep study of Vedic literature I don't doubt that you know all sorts of stuff about the details of things MMY only glosses over in his Vedic studies. But the content of MMY's teaching is carefully graded and some doesn't come out until TTC.
"But the point is, you don't need to spend months and months in the lobby of a hotel in order to enjoy. You must have wasted years of your life - I don't blame you for being disillusioned. While you were trying to turn TM into a religion, I was a busy householder practicing a simple relaxation technique." Good for you. Glad you enjoy your participation. I haven't wasted any years of my life. Changing how I view MMY's teaching after being deeply involved in it is one of my life's most valuable experiences. For a fulltime teacher religion is irrelevant. The Vedas are the source according to MMY and religion is just this knowledge in a specific culture. I was never conflicted about TM being a religion when I was in it and am not now. It never made a difference, and still doesn't. > > So, where, exactly, anywhere, does Maharishi talk > > about the "demons"? > > <My impression is that the Maharishi didn't talk very much about demons and angels or even the gods and I spent hours talking to the guy back in the sixties. For example, he didn't say anything about the yakshis living in the tree and how they come down at night and fight each other all the time.> Are you making a joke, revealing a mental condition, or repeating something your read? No seriously... --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Curtis wrote: > > It is not uncommon to come across people who never > > took TTC who claim to understand MMY's teaching better > > than the teachers. > > > Maybe so, but I run across people who make claims to be > TM teachers, Governors, and Ministers all the time, who > never attended a single TTC, CCP, or ATC. Some informants > have never even been within a thousand miles of a > Maharishi Golden Dome of Pure Knowledge. Go figure. > > Anyway, I probably know more about the mechanics of > conciousness than anyone else on the planet. And I > think I know more about TM than the Maharishi himself, > not to mention the majority of Maharishi trained teachers > - you are a case in point. > > You only need to read the responses posted here to realize > how mis-informed some TM teachers can be. Ask Judy. > > But the point is, you don't need to spend months and > months in the lobby of a hotel in order to enjoy. You > must have wasted years of your life - I don't blame you > for being disillusioned. While you were trying to turn > TM into a religion, I was a busy householder practicing a > simple relaxation technique. > > > > So, where, exactly, anywhere, does Maharishi talk > > > about the "demons"? > > > > My impression is that the Maharishi didn't talk very much > about demons and angels or even the gods and I spent hours > talking to the guy back in the sixties. For example, he > didn't say anything about the yakshis living in the tree > and how they come down at night and fight each other all > the time. >
