--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 <no_reply@...> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" <anartaxius@> > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 <no_reply@> wrote: > > > --- 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. > > > > I think it is a bit too early to make predictions like this. How many > > Christians are experiencing eternal freedom, enlightenment from the > > teachings alleged to have come from Jesus? > > > If there was anything in these rumours, that Jesus taught a technique we > would know about it, 2000 thousand years is not that long after all. Quite a > lot would be available but isn't. > The teachings of Jesus was not for liberation but for the betterment of man > in general. And I think he did a pretty good job at it. >
Nabs, Actually, there is one similarity between TM and Christianity. The object of both paths is unity consciousness, which is exemplified by Jesus. As mentioned earlier in one of my posts, Adam and Eve were in the state of unity consciousness as well, except that they allowed themselves to fall into the bondage of the gunas. Jesus did not use any bija mantras. But his technique is more likely similar to bhakti yoga in vedic terms. > > >
