--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- authfriend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > MMY's personality is very much a product of his > > time > > > and culture. It has nothing to do with anything > > > "cosmic". Blazing Brahman expresses itself through > > an > > > aging, slightly senile, lower-caste, 89 year old > > Hindu > > > man who has run a spiritual movement with an iron > > fist > > > for the past 50 years. > > > > Boy, I think this is an important point. > > > > Peter, would it also be correct to phrase it > > slightly differently and say, This is *how* > > Blazing Brahman is expressing itself through > > this particular aging, slightly senile, > > lower-caste, 89-year-old Hindu man who has > > run a spiritual movement with an iron fist > > for the past 50 years? > > Yes, better stated your way. > > > > > > I mean, obviously one has to think MMY has > > *realized* Blazing Brahman in order to make > > either of these two statements. > > > > But people tend to look at the *expression*, > > find it to be much less than what they think > > of as "perfection" in a relative sense, and > > on that basis assume MMY has *not* realized > > Brahman. > > Agreed. If you're looking for relative perfection in a > realized master, good luck! For example in a > residential Art of Living course I took about a year > ago with SSRS in residence, I was bothered by his > casual manner in talking about funny stories from his > ashram and people throwing themselves at his feet. He > wasn't making fun of them or anything but was talking > about the difficulty in walking around and how much > time it took to go from one end of his ashram to > another. Very funny, very cute story. But I was amazed > at part of my own reaction. I wanted him to be more > serious and aloof and not have the reaction he did. > Just some silly relative ideal of what a guru should > be. My attachment, my problem, not his. > That's refreshing. It is rather funny after all. Especially for Westerners. That behavior is not really apart of our tradition. The couple of times that I have seen him, the vib was very good and it was interesting to see the birth and development of a major movement. Deja-vu all over again ;-)
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