I think it might have been Chogyam Trungpa who called our present waking state "madness" or something to that effect.
I am thankful Maharishi made the idea/technique of transcenence to accessible. I suspect he is presently making it inaccessible simply to get some of the old teachers off their duffs. They don't have to teach under the kooky banner of the TMO, but teaching others to transcend is important. Avoiding all of the lunacy of the TMO is important, as well. G --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Seems to be three paths Maharishi made available to us: > madness or death or enlightenment. Is life any different? > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, gerbal88 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > TM is a spiritual Enron - there's a good turn of phrase! > > People and pedestals. He never got the feedback that an honest > > business man gets? I just don't know, he's cutting everyone > loose ? I > > can't figure it. > > > > JohnY > > --------------------------- > > > > Spiritual Enron is an excellent turn of phrase. > > > > This quite nicely sums up everything since 1967 (when Maharishi is > > said to have declared his mission a failure and that he was > retiring > > into silence). The Beatles, of course, scotched that quickly > enough. > > I am sure he had several plan B's, anyway. > > > > His fame as a result of association with the rich and famous > Beatles > > gave him carte blanche to rather more vigourously do as he damn > well > > pleased. > > > > But note how he first trained massive numbers of teachers. Then he > > sold them all his schemes. I think that that makes Donald Trump > look > > like a watch salesman on a street corner! > > > > Many of us watched the women follow him out of the lecture hall > late > > at night, but we were too stoned on rounding to put two and two > > together. > > > > Later, when others put it together for us, well, y'gotta give the > old > > nutter credit, he could pull the polyester over the best eyes! > What a > > magician. > > > > He gave us one thing: returning to the foundation of meditation as > > effortlessly as the experience of thought. > > > > I am grateful for that. It has made my much more worthwhile > spiritual > > pursuits much more satisfying, much more rewarding and productive. > > > > The rest was all smoke, mirrors and just plain 'spiritual enron'. > Now > > he has said that teachers teaching outside his looney organization > > can, in effect, do as they please. Those who want re- > indoctrination, > > oops, re-certification can pay through the nose and experience TMO > > hell into the bargain. > > > > As someone at alt.meditation.transcendental opined, this will give > > King Tony (what a laugh) a tight little coterie of brain-dead > lackies > > to start his new kingdom with. > > > > Maharishi is a laugh-riot, right to the end and polyester by the > mile. > > > > Tony and his zombies will slowly deteriorate into oblivion. The > > remaining teachers will probably propagate their own mythos about > TM, > > Maharishi and the dark ages they survived to once again bring > forth > > the one and only thing Maharishi ever had: as easily as. > > > > The wait cannot be long. We will simiply see what we sill see. > There > > will always be those who put their spin upon it and others who > deny > > they see anything at all. When was it ever any different? > > > > G To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
