--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" <raunchy...@...> wrote:
>
>
> > Sister Raunch....can I ask you something? Do you think that there is a
> > possibility that your faith in Maharishi and in the "rightness" of his
> > movement, might be a mistake? In other words, can you consider the
> > possibility (just the possibility) that what you believe with all of your
> > heart, about Maharishi and his movement, could be completely wrong?
> >
> > Is it possible?
> >
> > As I've already stated, when I made the decision to leave the TMO, I did so
> > knowing that I could be completely wrong, that I may have made the biggest
> > mistake of my life. Now...in the nearly 30 years that have followed,
> > everything I experience tells me otherwise.
> >
> > But to this day, I really don't know! I like going with my instincts, I
> > really do. I like knowing that I could be wrong. I like the not knowing!
> >
> > Sorry for the diversion and back to my question to you. Is it possible?
> >
>
> Well, I guess anything is possible. Let's start from common ground. We both
> do TM. We both like it. Neither of us have doubts about our experience of TM.
> If we did, we wouldn't do it. Now the rest of it, the TMO, Maharishi, are all
> about personal choice. Tons of people do TM with never a thought of the TMO
> or Maharishi. There is no right or wrong in this. People follow their
> hearts. The trick is, never doubt wherever it leads. You followed your heart
> 30 years ago, but to this day you doubt your decision. You say you like not
> knowing. Did it ever occur to you that your heart lead you to a path of not
> knowing and judging the rightness or wrongness of it are just artifacts you
> employ to energize your path of not knowing? Not knowing is a beautiful thing
> all by itself. Where the heart leads is a mystery, a curiosity that moves you
> on and on toward the charm of the transcending, the bloom of a flower, the
> laughter of a child, the love of a husband, the admiration of a teacher, all
> are mysteries, renewed in every moment of "I don't know." Concerning
> Maharishi, I just follow my heart wherever it leads. "I don't know," is not
> the same as doubt. The former requires innocence of heart, the latter
> troubles the heart.
>
Simply brilliant, that last line is Great!
R.G.
