--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long <sharelong60@...> wrote: > > The latter is in the Fairfield library. I have read it. It seems that, > thank God, such does not trigger my particular set of samskaras, vasanas, > karmas, etc. > > I have other issues, other blocks to developing and loving better. > > Universe has a sense of humor. How I know this is that I received Domes of > Gold this morning. Before Dome (-: > I listened to it twice. Then, just to be fair, I listened to Sting's Field > of Gold. Then I was flooded with soma, could feel it in my gut, literally. > > is this love? personal? universal? > > > For me, the most important truth about love is that hearts are very very > tender. Good to proceed gently...
Response: Unanswerable. :-) Thank you. > ________________________________ > From: Robin Carlsen <maskedzebra@...> > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 9:15 AM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: for those who still love and or thank Maharishi > > > Â > And for a perspective on Maharishi that I find unimpeachable I recommend > Robert McCutcheon's "Afterword and Witness Testimonial" in Judy Bourque's > *Robes of Silk Feet of Clay* (pp. 213-219). Quite definitive, I think. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajradhatu@> wrote: > > > > > > On Jul 18, 2012, at 8:52 AM, Robin Carlsen wrote: > > > > > Now this leaves open the question, then, of Maharishi's actual > > > status independently of TM (and everything else that was added to > > > this over time). Are there personsâ"not Indian saints in the > > > Himalayasâ"the saints in Rishikesh paid tribute to him in the late > > > sixtiesâ"unanimously; they knew and apprehended him as a person > > > fully realizedâ"not to say dazzling and wonderful to behold and > > > communicate withâ"Are there persons in the world who could view this > > > video and recognize this was the most impressive human being of our > > > lifetime? I am interested in this question, Share, because when I > > > was loving Maharishi with the entirety of my being I would play > > > vidoes of Maharishi to my non-TM friends, and I was alway shocked > > > at their very mild and unspectacular experience of him. *I could > > > not understand this*. > > > > > > You seem to get easily bowled over by many things Robin. My family > > saw him as a con man in disguise - and guess what? They turned out to > > be right. What I see when I see Maharishi photos or videos I see an > > extremely clever and cunning individual who, probably because he was > > raised in significant poverty was driven to succeed no matter what or > > no matter who tried to get in his way. He had the intelligence and > > the ambition to be a successful CEO, and that's just what he became. > > > > > And, just to remind you, he gave me everything he promised. But I > > > want to focus on him, the person. I believe there must be at least > > > one person in the worldâ"I assume more than one personâ"who really > > > *knew* Maharishi in terms of what he represented as a member of the > > > Holy Tradition, > > > > > > > Perhaps you need to read up on the topic - but Mahesh was never a > > part of the Holy Tradition, sorry, even he's acknowledged this. Truth > > be told, he would be more likely considered an Asuriac guru by most > > Hindu definitions. Perhaps he's what you at one time would have > > called a "demonic guru"? > > > > > in being a true Master, in being a person in a state of Vedic > > > grace, in terms of being the smartest, wittiest, wisest, and more > > > discerning person alive. No book has been written about Maharishi > > > which even comes close to describing who he was as a man, as a > > > human being, as a Master. I wait for such an account of Maharishi. > > > > > > > If it was an honest account, I doubt it would be anywhere near your > > rose-colored portrait. If anything, time has revealed the man behind > > the mask, while you (and many others) still seem strangely fixated on > > the mask...kinda funny, but kinda sad at the same time. > > >
