I believe in the phenomenon just not the interpretation of what it means. It is well known capacity of our brains. In some conditions our ability to distinguish inner and outer mental experience gets confused. That is my take on the sincere ones. I have no reason to believe that Roberts was less sincere in having a dramatic experience than Maharishi. It is just funny how convenient they both came out to be for their own desires.
I am not really sure that Maharishi is not just reporting a dramatic conversation he had with himself in the context of a temple using Mother Divine as an artistic literary device. That would be my best guess. He was reporting his thoughts in a more dramatic way taking some poetic license to punch the story up a bit. He did a similar thing I believe when he claimed that Vasishtha came onto him last night! It lead to a perspective about the Vedas. I have my doubts that he saw himself in as mystical a light as he projected to us. Judith's book makes me believe he was more of a poetic devise guy than a "I just talked to Mother Divine for real real" guy. YMMV But my guess is that there are way more people who actually experience something dramatic than people who are outright lying through their teeth. I've had ones like it so I understand how compelling they are. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "futur.musik" <futur.musik@...> wrote: > > Since most people don't have this experience there are folks who fake this to > take advantage of others. Too bad - leads to rampant cynicism. However there > are indications wrt the experience that can speak to its validity, or not. > Maharishi's account reads as genuine. Can you guess why? No, *not* because it > is Maharishi... > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <curtisdeltablues@> > wrote: > > > > Where have I heard this type of claim before...oh yeah: > > > > n 1977, Roberts claimed to have had a vision from a 900-foot-tall Jesus who > > told him to build City of Faith Medical and Research Center, and the > > hospital would be a success. > > > > So convenient how God supports a person's organizational ambitions like > > that! > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <rick@> wrote: > > > > > > Here is a transcript of a tape recording of Maharishi speaking about a > > > conversation > > > > > > with Mother Divine on dealing withe negativity in the world & in each > > > Heart. > > > > > > > > > Maharishi Speaks with > > > > > > Mother Divine > > > > > > No. 59, 'Living the Good Life' > > > > > > http://www.maharishiphotos.com/divine.html > > > > > >
