--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > <snip> > > > Completely agree. The TM philosophy -- "Do nothing, > > > accomplish everything -- is horseshit and always has > > > been. > > > > Obviously "Do nothing, accomplish everything" is NOT > > a "philosophy" of refraining from action. I believe > > I may have pointed this out to you before. It isn't > > a PREscription for how to live; it's a DEscription of > > life in enlightenment. > > > > The prescription for how to live is: "Established > > in Yoga, perform action." > > Curious how Maharishi recognized the problem of the teacher's words > coming from his/her consciousness and being (mis)interpreted by > his/her adherents' consciousness, yet fell prey to it just the > same.
I wouldn't say it's curious, I'd say it's inevitable (in fact, I believe that's what *MMY* says). Even on the most basic level, there's no way you can eliminate *all* possibility of misunderstanding (or misrepresentation, for that matter), no matter how crystal- clear you are, any more than you can get around the "mistake of the intellect" at the level of the nitty- gritty. In this case, MMY started out with "Do less and accomplish more," which was understood to be simply a claim of more efficient action as a result of TM practice. Only later, apparently, did he add, "Do nothing, accomplish everything"--I'd guess in the context of the TM-Sidhis?--and it took on an entirely different significance. It became clear that "Do less and accomplish more" had had a double meaning all along. But I've never heard *anybody* suggest that either was a prescription for refraining from action, except in the present instance, so I doubt it's a common misunderstanding among TMers, even the rank and file. > I.e. "Do nothing, accomplish everything", which is the > subjective experience of the objective statement, "established in > Yoga, perform action". Yup yup yup, nicely put. Both aspects are pretty thoroughly explained in MMY's Gita commentary: on one hand, I (the self) am "helplessly driven to activity"; on the other, "I [the Self] do not act at all." That distinction and its ramifications are one of the main themes of the first six chapters of the Gita. ------------------------ 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/
