--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long <sharelong60@...> wrote: > > Nablusoss, I heard long ago that when a person gets on a spiritual path, the > master takes on the responsibility to help that person get enlightened. > Sometimes I wonder if Maharishi didn't take on this responsibility for a lot > of people who are, what shall we say, challenging cases. And I include myself > in this category (-:
I think that if someone sets themselves up as a teacher for higher states of consciousness you have to be prepared for those who need many questions answered. There will be, in the course of things, those who are a bit crazy to begin with, there will be those who mistake certain states of mind for enlightenment for something else, there will be those who become frightened or disoriented by developing states. If you don't have a support system in place then you are going to get a certain amount of negative fallout in the form of humans who simply lose it. Further,if you're going to teach technique that purportedly encourages enlightenment then you sure as shootin' better be prepared to deal with the thousands of practitioners who are going to need guidance, reassurance and help. One man can not do this and there aren't enough enlightened other people who could fill the job either. The subjectivity quotient is just too damn high. Even if I did believe in enlightened states of consciousness (which the jury is out for me) I think it is a huge responsibility to have support in place if one is going to start doling out the supposed means to reach 'nirvana' and all states in between. It would be like giving someone an automobile (a means of moving around faster and better than walking) and simply handing them car keys without a driving lesson (or two). People are very strange and when you start allowing them to use techniques that can take them "higher" you better have a couple of mattresses set out for the rough landings. It doesn't appear MMY really had that support structure in place. Or maybe he underestimated the gullibility and suggestibility of Western people. > > > > ________________________________ > From: nablusoss1008 <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2013 5:18 AM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Meditators > > > > Â > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <authfriend@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <authfriend@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > He now thinks enlightenment generally is a sort of > > > > > cosmic trick furthered by intelligences that do not > > > > > have the best interests of human beings at heart. > > > > > > > > In other words he's raving mad. > > > > > > As much as I appreciated the fellows sensitivity, graciousness > > > and ability to write poetically something obviously went very > > > wrong. To me it seemed he was trying to force Maharishi into > > > acknowledge his enlightenment, which I personally don't think > > > was a very wise thing to do. > > > > That's exactly what he did, but it was back in *1983*, and > > he realizes now it wasn't a very wise thing to do. On the > > other hand, at the time he had reason to believe that > > Maharishi supported him totallly, and he was flabbergasted > > and distressed by Maharishi's response to his demand that > > Maharishi certify his enlightenment, which was recorded and > > played in court when MIU sued him. Again, he's described > > all this in his posts. > > > > > Someone here, Dr.D ?, suggested he should have waited for > > > awhile, stopped and see how things develop, which would have > > > been a wise thing to do. Instead he rushed away proclaiming > > > all kinds of stuff to people hungry for someone to talk to. > > > > That's yet another absurd characterization. He didn't "rush > > away." He stayed for the rest of the course he was on and > > then went home. There was no way he could keep it a secret > > that he had become enlightened; Maharishi had asked him to > > talk about it to the course participants, and of course the > > word got around. > > There you have it. The "word got around" because they couldn't keep their big > mouths shut. I feel sorry for Maharishi having to deal with all these > nitwits, these hard knots of ignorance, including myself :-) > What an impossible task he took upon himself, still he managed to pull it > through with the support of the Masters of the Holy Tradition. > > This quote is from 1983, after the events you are referring to. But somehow I > doubt these course participant nor Robin would be able to grasp it's > significance. I also had to learn this lesson the hard way: > > "Matters of Divine significance have to be kept private, in order to > fructify" - Maharishi (from notes) >
