--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jyouells2000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jyouells2000" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > <snip> > > > > Judy, > > > > Just a few off the cuff comments to your thoughtful reply. > > > > > > > > Regardless of your (our) judgement of Maharishi's state of > > > > consciousness, how the teaching is manifested still has to be > > > > evaluated critically. Does it acomplish it's purpose? This is > part > > > > process of life. > > > > > > I'm not sure we can say what its purpose is in a way > > > that would enable us to do a critical evaluation. > > > > > > How would you define it? > > > > > > > You'll find the same internal consistency in many of the more > > > > proment Adviatic, Dzochen, Course in Miracles, etc. teachers. > And > > > > many have the same type of character flaws we talk about here. > > > > > > Sure. But internal consistency is just one of the > > > criteria I was using. > > > > > > > Most of us agree that TM has inspired benificial unfoldment of > > > > consciousness. When we see or come into contact with Maharishi > we > > > > get a clearer reflection/experience of OUR own Self (Blazing > > > > Brahman is non-dual, afterall) > > > > > > > > We (both us and Maharishi) still have to work it out in the > > > > relative, no matter what the perspective on where or who or > from > > > > what state of consciousness the teaching comes from. > > > > > > Yes, well said. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Without meditators there is no movement, no TMO. > > > > > > > > JohnY > > > > > > > > > Sure, the purpose of the teaching is to unfold enlightenment for the > > individual. Simple, if there is no or limited access to the teaching > > how can that happen. Maharishi has planted that seed very widely. > Why > > should it stop now? Is the TMO fulfilling it's purpose now? Very > > difficult to say. Will it do so in the future? There certainly isn't > > any clear indication of that. The TMO is and has been violently > > contracting on itself. Burning many carefully build bridges along > the > > way. Slowly and simply teaching all these years would have worked > > better, in my opinion, with much less bullshit. > > It's a reasonable perspective, but it isn't exactly > the basis for an objective measurement of whether > MMY's teaching is fulfilling its purpose. There are > lots of ways to interpret what MMY is doing with the > TMO now, some of which suggest that it will > ultimately facilitate that purpose more than going > slowly and simply. > > I've proposed one such: MMY wants to contract the > movement and burn its bridges so that it can be > handed over to King Tony in a nice, neat, self- > contained package of unquestioned loyalty once MMY > dies, which will allow Tony to take firm control > and implement his own plans and ideas without a lot > of controversy (or at least without as much as > there would have been otherwise). > > In other words, the contraction now will make > expansion easier once King Tony takes over. > > I have *no* idea if that's correct; obviously we'll > have to wait and see. We have no idea yet what Tony > will be like as the head of the movement, whether > he'll take it and run with it or get all bogged > down in trying (and inevitably failing) to be a > second Maharishi. > > But I don't see anything that would rule out that > interpretation, at any rate. > > There's more than one way to skin a cat; plus which, > "Unfathomable is the course of action." Who can say > what Nature has in mind? >
Yup, that's one idea that makes some sense. Even that could be done without fraud. Other family run (ordinary/traditional) businesses do it, and without being "unfathomable". JohnY ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Dying to be thin? Anorexia. Narrated by Julianne Moore. http://us.click.yahoo.com/abEMxA/sbOLAA/d1hLAA/0NYolB/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/
