--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > But, within the description of enlightenment that MMYpresents, how > > could an enlightened person behave differently than following > > his/her > > inner intuition? Perhaps that inner intuition says to follow the law > > without question, or perhaps it doesn't, but in either case, the > > enlightened person has no CHOICE but to do what they are doing... > > Bingo. You have just nailed the fatal flaw in > Maharishi's model. To believe it is true, you > have to believe that before enlightenment, one > has free will, and that afterwards one does not.
The Self has no will. > > What *changed* in the operating system of the > universe between unenlightenment and enlighten- > ment? Did karma stop working? Did I say it did? > > If one has a choice as to how to act before real- > ization of enlightenment, one has the same choice > afterwards. Those who claim otherwise are in my > opinion trying to avoid responsibility for their > actions. They may be avoiding this responsibility > because they are up to no good, or they may be > avoiding this responsibility because they honestly > believe that "God does everything," but it's the > same bottom line. They wish their followers to > cut them slack they would not extend to anyone else. > That might be. But how could you be sure either way? You do what yoiu think is right, whether it be following MMY's every whim, or mocking the same. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/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/
