--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Susan" <wayback71@...> wrote: [...] > As has been said before, many times, Maharishi himself is the person who > established this "link" between seeing other saints or teachers and being > banned from TM courses and Domes and advanced programs. The Rajas did not > think up this policy - it came straight from MMY and he enforced it his > entire life - and they have decided to stick with the Master's policy. To > change this, they will have to be honest about that and then make a decision > that it is okay to modify what Maharishi himself set up. Not sure that will > happen anytime soon. Not with Bevan around. Of course with Oprah interested > and also seeing other saints and being very ecumenical indeed, that may push > things a bit. THe Rajas could announce that in this day and age of rising > enlightenment globally, it is okay to be more open and less restrictive. If > they wanted to they could figure out how to change this. >
Oprah wasn't participating in the session on a regular basis and she was specifically there to promote TM so I'm sure they gave her a pass. People seem to forget that the original reason to ban dealing with other teachers was Robin Carlsen's antics. My own belief is that a large portion of the saints that visit Fairfield, if they understood the history and reasons behind the ban, would be sympathetic to the ban and actually stop visiting Fairfield. L.
