--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Michael James Flatley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
snip > Wow.... that's refreshing. Best thing I've been turned on to from > two or three days perusing this site. > MMY either suppressed or was unaware of 90% of what Guru Dev taught. > (In the voice of SNL guy) And that's okay.... SBS was addressing primarily a Hindu audience, you must remember he was the Shankaracharya, the highest representative of the *Hindu* Religion in the North. He spoke in Hindu terminology, MMY spoke to an entirely different audience, primarily in the West where HE developed *Yoga-lite for modernity*, he never even suggested (to my knowledge) that he was teaching SBS or religious Hinduism for that matter. MMY NEVER claimed to be a Sat-Guru!! He was a Maharishi (great teacher, whether you agree or not) he was NOT a personal Guru nor was that his intention! the basic teaching MMY shared are not the sole possession of his or Guru Dev's but are the collective knowledge of the Vedic culture of India passed down thru many teachers. Guru Dev was MMY's inspiration is all, he said, "Guru Dev made me...." paraphrased. snip > Another teacher who knew of MMY summed it up: In this life, he came > here to deal with the issue of self-agrandizement. Preposterous...... > So maybe, we've all learned vicariously to whatever extent we enabled > that or participated in that dynamic. It's a worthwhile issue to > exhaust and transcend. I was 16 when I got in... 30 when I left. > Now I'm 49. MMY dying has accelerated some final letting go. I > don't mean to sound bitter, or sound like a complainer. I was 16 when I started and am 57 now and still practice, it's a great technique, I'm sorry you don't see that. You may have issues with the TMorg. but these ones are a little bogus, IMO.
