What a sad little man you are Vaj. You appear bitter and unfulfilled, and have decided to make Maharishi the source of your misery. Perhaps a psychologist could help, if you weren't too arrogant to see one?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajradhatu@...> wrote: > > > On Sep 26, 2011, at 3:35 PM, Bhairitu wrote: > > > > Back to the movie. It seems honest to me. He goes through stages of > > > mounting concern. He genuinely liked TM. Seeing the initiation day scene > > > really brought me back. What magical fun that all was. I wonder if Guru > > > Dev would step out of the picture and slay me if I initiated someone > > > again? He might use that backwards Nazi symbol as a Chinese throwing star > > > and lop off my head. (Sorry easily distracted today for some reason.) Or > > > maybe he might try to use that staff on me. I think I could take him if > > > he pulled that. Unless he was David feak'n Carridine with that thing, he > > > couldn't swing it fast enough to neutralize my mad Brazilian Jiu-jitsu. > > > (Perhaps I shouldn't try the puja again until my spontaneous fantasy is > > > not grappling with Guru Dev? In my defense it was the Ultimate Fighting > > > Championship mixed martial arts weekend, so I watched a lot of man on man > > > action.) I guess he would zap me with a laser out of his third eye anyway > > > so the world is still safe from me gett'n my Karpora gorum on anytime > > > soon. But my point is that movie made me think of it, the scenes are > > > sweet and nostalgic for me. (Like that is gunna de-blaspehemize the > > > preceding paragraph!) > > > > One would wonder what Brahmananda Saraswati would really have thought of > > the TM movement? Maybe not what you think. > > I think it's clear from both SBS's teachings and his feelings on how the > teaching should be propagated that he would have considered Mahesh a rogue > and his teaching an aberration. From what I've heard other "non-bought" > Shanks say, Swarupananda's words ring very "right on". Remember where he says > [SPOILER] at the climax of the movie: > > "What you have learned from Mahesh Yogi will not bring you spiritual > progress." > > These could have been the very words of Swami Brahmananda Saraswati IMO. I > doubt very much SBS would have said anything different from his successor. >