I haven't found g guru I'd trust with my mind/money/life. Maharishi's "Wisdom" seemed to me circuitous and self serving. What he did was take a lot of money and tell a lot of lies. Whatever good there is or has come from the TM movement (hasn't really been a movement for a while now) they TMers would do well to say goodbye to the guru and acknowledge his imperfections.
I have often wished there wasn't such insistance on MMY's divinity. I like meditation, spiritual developement and fellowship but I can't cope with the idea of being associated with so much intentional dishonesty. And yet some of my favorite people anywhere are in the domes everyday. I'm rather divided. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Mr. Ed" <the_edvark@> wrote: > > > > Many other cultures have discovered that one get get a > > cosmic 'funny feelin' from abstaining from sex. Thoreau mentioned > > that he found that the goodness of God flowed thru him more > strongly > > went he was 'contintent' and left him at times when he was morally > > loose. There's something to be said for devoting time to > abstainance > > as a sacrifice and as way gesture to God/Brahman/Universal Soul > > whatever. That energy subliminates into other channels and can be > > utlilized for other endeavors. But the dogma of sin and shame that > > controls so many devout seekers east and west seems pointless. Not > > everything mentioned in the Veds or the Bible or the Norse Eddas > for > > that matter are entirely relevant to our modern existance. I have > > never quite understood how the TM movement would've made a World > > Peace effort based on Vedic Knowledge.........The most definitive > > characteristic of the Vedic Age which ended in the 6th century A.D. > > was constant warfare......Maharishi, like the Protestant leaders of > > the west, don't linger to long over any such historic > > incongruencies. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante > > <no_reply@> wrote: > > Correct, as it may seem. > However, what Maharishi simply did was to turn all those ideas upside > down, pointing them back to the initial doer; you and me, replacing > history with here and now. > Now, have you ever experienced the table been turned towards yourself > by a qualified Yogi, Sir ? >
