What's also sort of interesting, Ann, is that for many, over the years, their opinion of MMY and the TMO becomes more and more diminished to the point that he is totally insignificant, but yet, here they are, seven days a week talking about him, and his organization.
Maybe Nabby was right, that he was the most important figure in their lives. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <awoelflebater@...> wrote : It is so easy to discredit things be they tooth whitening products, baseball coaches or gurus. For every believer in something there are a thousand non believers. Non believers are a dime a dozen because it is what people do as a result of being jaded, tired or having little imagination. I am not necessarily talking about MMY here because I never saw him live and I certainly didn't work for or with him therefore what you say may be truth with a capital 'T". I never adored him or dedicated my life to him or his work - I was just never inspired that way. But, what I have a hard time listening to time and time again are those who are, apparently, of a different opinion than someone else and thus throw their jaded, tired and often angry opinions at those who they disagree with all the while coming off as knowing better, being wiser. Now, as far as your specific opinion of Maharishi, you state the fact that he was a petty and manipulative fraud because you, seemingly, have first hand experience of this. This fact in and of itself is interesting and I'd love to hear more but you are not going to change Srijau's opinion or, retroactively, reprogram his personal experience of MMY so what is it that you hope to accomplish with regard to him? Show him the light in some way? Do you think his personal experiences are weaker than your opinion and thus malleable? Srijau: I do not have that supreme human good fortune but maybe for me I am better off for it; as when the Thunderbird Miigis came to teach no one could survive his intense spiritual radiance in human form and he had to leave. Likewise according to Judaism we cannot survive in the full presence of the Elohim,the energy has to be stepped down a lot for us. There is many still alive who had a daily experience of Maharishi and they may be regarded as the Most Revered of Living, even if their minds are temporarily clouded. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <awoelflebater@...> wrote : It is so easy to discredit things be they tooth whitening products, baseball coaches or gurus. For every believer in something there are a thousand non believers. Non believers are a dime a dozen because it is what people do as a result of being jaded, tired or having little imagination. I am not necessarily talking about MMY here because I never saw him live and I certainly didn't work for or with him therefore what you say may be truth with a capital 'T". I never adored him or dedicated my life to him or his work - I was just never inspired that way. But, what I have a hard time listening to time and time again are those who are, apparently, of a different opinion than someone else and thus throw their jaded, tired and often angry opinions at those who they disagree with all the while coming off as knowing better, being wiser. Now, as far as your specific opinion of Maharishi, you state the fact that he was a petty and manipulative fraud because you, seemingly, have first hand experience of this. This fact in and of itself is interesting and I'd love to hear more but you are not going to change Srijau's opinion or, retroactively, reprogram his personal experience of MMY so what is it that you hope to accomplish with regard to him? Show him the light in some way? Do you think his personal experiences are weaker than your opinion and thus malleable? Srijau: I do not have that supreme human good fortune but maybe for me I am better off for it; as when the Thunderbird Miigis came to teach no one could survive his intense spiritual radiance in human form and he had to leave. Likewise according to Judaism we cannot survive in the full presence of the Elohim,the energy has to be stepped down a lot for us. There is many still alive who had a daily experience of Maharishi and they may be regarded as the Most Revered of Living, even if their minds are temporarily clouded.
