--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > jim_flanegin writes; snipped > Maharishi has evolved into pure paradox, transcending my intellect, > and leaving me as the innocent witness to his actions. Like a master-/ > disciple relationship only in the transcendent; ONLY in the > transcendent. Pure Paradox. > > Tom T responds: > This is the value of Brahman. Only Brahman can hold those extreme > values inside one human mind and live with that paradox. If you have > any doubt left about the nature of Brahman see above and ponder on > that for a while. This is the exposition and playing out of the > Jaimini sutras. On the hand is the realtive loony toon character and > on the other hand is the blazing brillance of pure Shiva, go try and > figure it out and you can't. That is the definition of Brahman. > I once heard a 23 year old, FF born and raised, describe her > enlightenment as "delightful confusion". Delightful because it was and > confusion because the mind was never going to figure it out. Not now > Not ever. Tom T
Snake-oil salesmen, religions, cults, tyrants and even democratically- elected / appointed political leaders "like I can't explain it pretty good why we kneaded to have done it, but like God told me to do it so I done it, I invaded Iraq" revert to the same claim -- "just trust my explanation even though I can't explain it rationally and you can never understand it: its 'a magic elexir, 'a miracle', 'god's will', 'what our founding fathers said was good for us', 'the unspoken mystery', 'the grand paradox'. How to differentiate I wonder? 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/
