--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "at_man_and_brahman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I agree with everyone who finds the apparent > claim that Bevan & company have direct > knowledge of the hereafter extremely disturbing, > even if not considered in the light of the old > Maharishi lecture that was posted. > > But...I've heard Maharishi do the same thing. > On at least one occasion, I've heard him imply > that he had just gotten off the cosmic phone > with Guru Dev. For instance, I remember a > late-night phone call to MIU during a Guru > Purnimah back in the '80s during which > Maharishi essentially said that earlier in the day > he'd been in direct "contact" or "communion" > or something with Guru Dev *and* Mother > Divine and, from that, had some new > initiative for everyone. > > I'm not suggesting the Bevan has the same ability > (or that Maharishi did), but I am not as uncomfortable > with Maharishi's claim as with Bevan's.
I suspect that Bevan sees himself in the same role with regard to Maharishi as Maharishi saw himself with regard to Guru Dev. They were both essentially secretaries who later decided that they were the only ones who had really "gotten" their guru's teachings.
