--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@... wrote: > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u wrote: > > > > He (MMY) should have been more upfront about his > > > enlightenment status... > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > >> What difference would that have made? > > > > It would have been Just Another Human Being Making > > Just Another Claim. > > > > Why does anyone believe that they should believe > > someone who claims to be enlightened?
Well the day I would agree with the Turq on something had to come sooner or later and today is the day ! Maharishi did not want focus on him personally but on Guru Dev. It would be useless for a teacher of his stature to make a claim for enlightenment. > > > Good Point! The hallmark of enlightenment as it is discussed here, is the > ability to reside within the silence of the Self, regardless of the other > activity taking place. So, the only way to "tune in" to such an > enlightenment, is to permanently uncover the silence within oneself, > accomplishing a sympathetic vibration of sorts with those in a similar state > of consciousness. > > This Self to Self recognition easily transcends language, and makes > irrelevant what another says, or doesn't say, about their personal > enlightenment. So Maharishi easily recognized that there was nothing to say > regarding any personal claims of his, one way or the other. > > Just as he taught the Sidhis as a vehicle for exploring the entire spectrum > of consciousness, his was a message of waking us to our own potential, not > some campaign to start his own cult of personality. >
