--- On Sat, 1/29/11, vajradhatu108 <vajradh...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> From: vajradhatu108 <vajradh...@earthlink.net> > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi was a manipulator. > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Date: Saturday, January 29, 2011, 5:30 PM > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, > "seekliberation" <seekliberation@...> wrote: > > > That brings up another good point. When I was a > student at MIU/MUM I remember a lot of anxiety going around > regarding whether or not someone would attain enlightenment > in this lifetime. Later in life, while studying Vedic > teachings from someone else, I was exposed to the concept of > Vaikuntha. Vaikuntha was supposed to be the Hindu > equivelant of 'Heaven', and sometimes 'enlightenment'. > According to the author, Vaikuntha directly translates as > 'No Anxiety'. So essentially, 'enlightenment' and > 'heaven' is the same thing as 'No Anxiety'. Yet it > seemed to me that there was a lot of anxiety running around > the TMO regarding whether or not we were doing enough for > enlightenment, world peace, meditating enough, etc.... > > > > > In other words, we were putting ourselves in a state > of anxiety in order to achieve a state of no anxiety. > > > > > seekliberation > > > > Good points! > > Why do you think they (the pundits, Bevan, etc.) kept > chanting "Maharishi is in heaven, Maharishi is in heaven" > when he had died? > > Because they believe incarnation into a heaven-dimension is > a prerequisite for full awakening. > > Better luck next time! Nah, Maharishi was fully enlightened. He showed me his vast, blazing enlightenment. What, You think Guru Dev made a chump? No, Maharishi was Guru Dev's darshan. > > > > ------------------------------------ > > To subscribe, send a message to: > fairfieldlife-subscr...@yahoogroups.com > > Or go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > and click 'Join This Group!'Yahoo! Groups Links > > > fairfieldlife-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com > > >
