--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" <anartaxius@...> wrote:
> We have good evidence, now at any rate, that MMY was real. I saw him, but > some time in the future, who knows. The mythmaking machine of the TMO is in > full swing now that MMY is gone. Books are republished, but newly edited, and > those with religious minds tend to adjust things to their liking. The early > publication 'Transcendental Meditation', the largely transcribed version of > the later edition of the Science of Being and Art of Living already shows > some indications of adjusting wording etc., and this was probably done with > oversight by MMY himself. That particular control is now in the off position. > So the original form of the publications the movement has produced from the > beginning are really valuable documents as to the nature of the phenomenon of > the spreading of TM. As long as they exist, they can be compared to any > subsequent version that might see the light of day. If we were to take what > newspapers and news organisations often write, MMY some day might be decribed > as just a teacher who taught at one time, the Beatles. The Beatles Guru. What > if that was all that is left in 1,000 or 2,000 years. There were these > musicians, and they had this teacher at some point that influenced their > music. Already when Maharishi was alive some few people got eternal freedom, Enlightenment from his technique. And the numbers are rising. What then in 1000, 2000 years ? Those musicians will perhaps be remembered but more because of their luck of being in incarnation at the same time of this greatest Yogi.
