You didn't do TM long enough to realize its potential. It is able to take you a lot further than you think. This is the intent behind the rule to not see other saints, as institutionalized by the TMO. Play out the string. As long as you are doing TM, it is a legitimate path and there is no need to confuse yourself with another POV. Maybe that should be looked at by the TM leadership. Don't know and don't care. The point is that the rule has absolutely nothing to do with revering Maharishi or Bevan, and everything to do with keeping to the TM practice guidelines.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" <dhamiltony2k5@> wrote: > > > > > > "Have firm faith and keep the company of saints, mahatmas, > > > and wise people. Only then will the purpose of your life > > > will be fulfilled." -Guru Dev SBS, Maharishi's teacher. > > > > Isn't it fascinating that the dome pass policies > > are a way of saying, "WE (the Rajas, King Tony, > > Bevan, and your fellow Sidhas) are the only saints, > > mahatmas, and wise people you ever need to keep > > company with. In fact, see anyone else, and WE > > won't let you keep company with US, either." > > > > The TMO is at this point almost by definition a > > dying organization, because it will never produce > > any new teachings or authoritative teachers. The > > ability to create any died with Maharishi. > > > > So the only way that such an impotent and life- > > less organization can think of to keep people > > around and dedicated to the past is to make it > > a crime to be interested in learning something > > new in the present, or in the future. It's as > > if its leaders think that people would still be > > *afraid* of not being allowed to keep company > > with them. > > > > The TMO leaders' message is also a clearly- > > implied putdown of those who see other teachers, > > or the "saints, mahatmas, and wise people" GD > > spoke of: > > > > "If you do that," they're saying with their > > policy, "there is something WRONG with you. The > > canon of Maharishi's teachings that he passed > > along to us during his lifetime isn't ENOUGH > > for you. You dare to think that there could be > > something of value somewhere else or from some- > > one else. This is WRONG. You should be content > > the way we are with what he left to us, because > > that's all there is of spiritual value in the > > world. There could not *possibly* be anything > > 'more,' because Maharishi didn't provide it." > > > > And so with every day the organization shrinks, > > as more and more people realize the ego-based > > hubris of all this. In a way it's like the > > process of a star collapsing into itself and > > becoming a dark hole, before exploding into a > > supernova. I get the feeling, however, that if > > there is a supernova left in the TMO, it's > > likely to be no louder or more noticeable than > > a quiet fart in an empty library. > > I guess what I am suggesting is that the policy > of "Thou shalt not see any other teachers" is a > way of saying that True Believers should abandon > the natural Tendency of the mind to seek more, and > suppress any spiritual aspirations that cannot be > met by those teachings and and techniques and > structures that Maharishi left in place before > his death. In a sense, it's the equivalent of > the Hindoo practice of Sati: > > "You should not even *think* of remarrying or > dating after your spiritual husband's (MMY's) > death. What you should do instead is throw > yourself on the slow-burning funeral pyre > of his memory." >
