Everyone leaves here, even Maharishi, but he left so much behind that it can occupy you for a long time if you like. Also, if you want a relationship with him, talk to him. After all, if you can miss him, you know where he is.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 <no_reply@...> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" <whynotnow7@> wrote: > > > > "MMY: When an ordinary man leaves his body it's a very great pain. When a > > realized man leaves the body it's the experience of greatest > > happiness-bliss. > > > > maskedzebra: Wrong. Maharishi has no direct or verifiable knowledge of > > this." > > > > Yet another opinion: > > > > Hi maskedzebra (I am assuming Grevy's...), Direct knowledge and verifiable > > knowledge are two different things. So Maharishi, or anyone else, could > > have had direct knowledge of leaving his physical body, and describing it > > so, but it is unverifiable, so we have a choice to believe it or not, > > possibly based on our own direct and unverifiable experiences. > > > > To reject it out of hand because it is not verifiable is an unwise thing to > > do. On the one hand, you have definitively solved "the problem" by now > > creating a story from your own experiences that negates Maharishi's. On the > > other hand, you are giving yourself no choice but to accept your story over > > his, closing off the avenue of exploration regarding a possible association > > between TM and bodily death. > > > > Unfortunately this is the danger that comes from examining relics, whether > > in writing or otherwise. We are presented with this succinct, meaningful, > > and very limited quote of Maharishi's from 1968, without any context as to > > why he said it, or when, or about what. Certainly no opportunity for a > > follow up question. > > > > We then create an absolute of it, and create all of these ideas and > > associations, like looking through a pin hole and imagining the universe. > > > > Experience can never be defeated by logic, only enriched through subsequent > > experience. Perhaps a useful corollary to his words about TM and dropping > > the body is that other well known phrase of his, "Take it easy, take it as > > it comes". > > > That's why I love you Jim, you are wise, and unlike Rory, you speak a > language one can understand :-) > > I agree on your point of knowledge taken out of context. Perhaps Maharishi > made a point in saying something. But He never said anything out of the blue. > It had a context to a question from the audiance, perhaps hours earlier, or > an experience someone just had or was about to have. Sometimes He gave voice > to a particular situation that was about to happen 20 - 30 years later > regarding the USA, Norway, Denmark or Kenya. > > There is that sorrow in not being there with Him anymore, at least not in the > same way as before. But there is also a joy in thinking "We will meet again". > That is, if He so decides ! > > Only first one must be born... argh ! >
