--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- sparaig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > On Aug 14, 2005, at 11:21 AM, Bhairitu wrote: > > > > > > > Any other > > > > guru would be able to clearly delineate the > > historical origins of a > > > > teaching. If they can't then they are suspect. > > > > > > Thank you. I've said this over and over. Many just > > don't get it but > > it > > > really important to know the where's and how's of > > your transmissions. > > > TM is one of the few that do not tell you really > > any details. In fact > > > it appears M. has pretty much hidden his childhood > > from history. > > Almost > > > every other group, from Swami Rama to SYDA to > > Yogananda all give > > > detailed histories. > > > > So where's the detailed history of Jesus' childhood? > > What about > > Gurudev's? > > Hey sparaig, we're on the same side of the fence on > this one. All this crap about lineages is absurd. It's > all mental masturbation to puff your spiritual ego up. > The value of a teaching has nothing to do with > lineages and who's guru's guru's guru had the biggest > "dick," but the direct impact that teaching has on > your own Realization. Nothing else matters. You only > know the value of a teaching if you follow it for some > time and DIRECTLY experience what it does. Titles are > for spiritual materialists (obviously the lowest form > of life on the planet ;-).
It's really peculiar. MMY brings out a technique that, according to him, is his revival of an oral teaching that has been lost for many centuries, and folks demand to know its detailed history right down to the present. It's a little like asking Einstein who told him about the theory of relativity... (Not *exactly* like that, obviously, but the closest thing I can think of.) ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
