--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ron F <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > Note: forwarded message attached. > > > > > <snip> And we are finding our way to create big groups even > > > > > > so it is not happening > > > > > > so quickly. But we can attribute it to not lack of our > > > > > > efforts but lack of > > > > > > the luck of the world. We have to hide somewhere. So > > > > > > we hide behind the > > > > > > logic that it is the lack of luck of the world that it > > > > > > is not going so fast. > > > > > > There we take refuge. If it is not going fast we have > > > > > > a logic, it is the > > > > > > luck of the world. > > > > > > > > > > > In the excerpt above, can anyone please explain to me what > MMY > > is > > > > > talking about when he says, "We have to hide somewhere. So we > > > > > hide behind the logic..."? Sounds crazy to me. > > > > > > > > Caught my eye too. I suspect it's one of his > > > > quasi-gnomic statements that's open to multiple > > > > interpretations. The way I read it, he's saying > > > > there's an explanation that makes sense (the "logic"), > > > > but at the same time, in characterizing it as > > > > "hiding," he's also suggesting that it's an excuse. > > > > > > > > As in: Some of you are mature enough to take > > > > responsibility for the failure without being crushed, > > > > and you don't need the excuse; those of you who > > > > who aren't that mature, here's something you can hide > > > > behind. > > > > > > > > And the whole tone of the > > > > > message seems like he is protecting the incompetence of those > in > > > > > his movement. Or am I missing something? > > > > > > > > He's being more explicit about the failure than > > > > I've seen before, actually, but for whatever > > > > reason he's not lambasting the teachers for it. > > > > > > Benevolent of him, since the failure is his. > > > > On the other hand, "we" includes him. (In fact, one > > might even read it as the "royal we," referring to > > himself alone. He frequently uses "we" to mean > > himself.) > > Mark Twain said it best: "The only people who are > entitled to refer to themselves as 'we' are kings, > editors, and people with tapeworms."
He may or may not be "entitled," but the question here is not whether he's entitled but whether that's what he's doing, in the context of taking personal responsibility for the failure he's talking about. > Then again, Mark didn't know about MPD and delus- > ional psychosis. > > The bottom line for me is that Maharishi has a bad > case of Lao-tzu Disease. That's where you get to > the end of your life as a teacher and find that > things haven't gone quite as planned and neither > the students nor the world has benefited from your > life the way you once hoped they would, and your > reaction to this is to blame the students and > blame the world. Unless you're also--or exclusively--"blaming" yourself, of course. It seems to me that what MMY is saying here is that he thought it could be done, but he was wrong. It looks like you want him to say that it *could* have been done, but he failed to do it. Is that what you're suggesting? Lao-tzu reacted to catching > this disease by stalking off in a snit-fit and > leaving China forever; Maharishi seems to be > reacting by trying to con his students and the > world out of as much money as humanly possible > before he goes. "They must *pay* for disappoint- > ing me!" > > Some doctor should have said to the both of them: > "Remember non-attachment, take two doses of self- > less service, quit whining, and call me in the > morning." ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
