Turq, Again, in your haste to "poke fun", you misread my message for a second time. I didn't respond to messages from beyond the grave, I merely (!) confirmed my intent to continue to transcend. I let Robert post what he wanted, without censure. Dan
P.S. If you reread my response to yifuxero"s post in another thread, you'll see (that again)I DID NOT claim that > yifuxero and you looking at the concept of "Bliss" crit- > ically is "toxic." Is there more of an explanation needed? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_re...@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "danfriedman2002" <danfriedman2002@> > wrote: > > > > Turq, > > > > In your haste to attack, you misread my message. Please > > reread my post and then resume your critisisms properly. > > Dan, > > First, I never "attacked." I poked fun at the idea > of receiving "messages" from Maharishi from beyond > the grave and at you for taking such things seriously. > > Robert posted a fantasy about Maharishi coming to him > in meditation and giving him a message to pass along > to people about "staying in Bliss." I posted a fantasy > about him coming to me in meditation and telling me to > demand money from people the way he used to. I suspect > that my fantasy "message" is more along the lines of > what Maharishi would be saying if he were still alive > than Robert's is. > > Again, you perceived someone laughing at things you > take seriously as an "attack." > > In another thread, you and others have claimed that > yifuxero and I looking at the concept of "Bliss" crit- > ically is "toxic." Same phenomenon, in my opinion. We > are merely expressing *ideas*, ideas about the nature > of "Bliss" that run counter to what you were told to > believe about it by Maharishi. > > What you are perceiving as "attacks" are nothing more > than *someone believing something different than you > do*. I think that's pretty sad. > > I don't feel "attacked" because you believe that "Bliss" > is a good thing, even though I don't. I don't consider > you "toxic" for believing it. I might consider you > gullible for believing it, but not "toxic," and certainly > not "attacking" me *by* believing it. > > Why do you consider me "toxic" and that I'm "attacking" > you because I honestly do not believe that Bliss is a > beneficial thing for seekers over the long run? Is it > really as simple as, "You believe something other than > what Maharishi said; therefore you're 'toxic?'" > > I have the *right* to poke fun at beliefs I consider > both silly and detrimental to seekers in the long run. > Just as you have the *right* to believe that they are > not. As yifuxero pointed out so well, your belief in > the value of Bliss should be more challenged by the > behavior of Raja Schiffgens than by my silly attempts > at humor. > > My point is that a *lot* of TMers -- you among them -- > perceive *ideas* they don't like as "personal attacks." > Is that really what you wish to present as the result > of a lifetime of practicing TM? > > I don't believe in God. I poke fun at the belief in God. > And yet I have long, mutually-enjoyable conversations > with Catholic priests I know. They don't get offended > by my ideas about God. They don't think I'm "attacking" > them by expressing those ideas, or that I'm "toxic" > for having them. Why do you? > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "danfriedman2002" > > > <danfriedman2002@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Thank you for the message. I will transcend regularly, and > > > > stay in Bliss. For my own sake, and for the sake of us All. > > > > > > Dan, if you're that easy, I have a message to pass > > > along from Maharishi as well. Just this morning, as > > > I was practicing deep transcendental meditation, he > > > came to me and told me to tell everyone that the > > > most important thing they could do *TO* "stay in > > > bliss" is to send me a check. > > > > > > Maharishi was clear as to how this works: "Just as > > > I used to say when I was alive, the bigger the check, > > > the bigger the Bliss." > > > > > > So if you want to follow through on your vow above, > > > make that check a big one. You can send it to me at: > > > > > > Bribe Your Way To Bliss > > > P.O. Box 666 > > > Sitges, Spain > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert <babajii_99@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I received this message from Maharishi tonight, > > > > > > > > > > While in 'Deep Transcendental Meditation'... > > > > > > > > > > The Maharishi says: > > > > > > > > > > "Stay in Bliss, above all else you do, now... > > > > > That is your job now, to just: 'Stay in Bliss'..." > > > > > > > > > > Recall, when you saw me, were in my presence, > > > > > Remember the feeling of bliss, which was radiating, from me... > > > > > Through 'His Divine Grace~Guru Dev'.... > > > > > The Bliss poured through me, through him... > > > > > It really did. > > > > > > > > > > "So, recall the bliss... > > > > > Stay in Bliss"... > > > > > > > > > > "That is the most important of 'All 'Dharmas' Now!' > > > > > As, the 'Bliss' negates the vulgar destructive forces.... > > > > > This is what does it. > > > > > Stay in Bliss".... > > > > > > > > > > "Let the 'Bliss create from Itself"... > > > > > > > > > > Jai Guru Deva > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
