--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Irmeli Mattsson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > Why do you suppose he hasn't republished it? [Chopra's > > autobiography]
A more relevant question -- why *should* he? Your entire stance seems to be based on the belief that he *owes* Maharishi something. My whole point in bringing up this discussion is that I think *that* is the problem. Many TMers have developed a strange perversion of the master-disciple rela- tionship that, in their minds, makes it some kind of sin for one of Maharishi's students to *not* give him all the credit for anything good that happens in their lives. They are expected to do so forever. This perversion of the idea of the master-disciple relationship also tends to believe that it is a much *greater* sin to *leave* the "master" behind and move on. This belief, although unstated, is IMO *the entire basis* of the vehemence shown by Bob, Lupidus and yourself. You're all angry at Chopra for not obeying the "rules" of a fantasy master-disciple relationship *that never existed* between Chopra and Maharishi, or any of Maharishi's other students and Maharishi. It's a relationship you imposed on *yourselves*, and you're angry at those who either never bought into it or transcended it. > **** > I got plugged into this thread by reading Barry's post, > where he was wondering about the vehemence towards Chopra > in the discussion by you and some others. Truth be told, I wasn't so much wondering about it as I was exposing the topic for further discussion. My suspicion is that the vehemence comes from suppressed anger at having to "obey" the imagined "rules" of relating to Maharishi that these guys have imposed *on themselves*. Inwardly, they are resentful at having to obey these self-imposed rules, and intensely jealous of anyone (in this case, Chopra) who realized that the so-called "rules" didn't exist, and that he was free to do exactly what he wanted. The TBs are not. They're *afraid* to; they have to follow the "rules" they've made up about what constitutes a "proper" teacher-student relationship. And in my opinion, the vehemence behind their words comes from anger at *themselves* because Chopra didn't submit to these self-invented and self- imposed "rules." > I have no opinion about the republishing, because I > have no background information. It's a TB pet peeve. They tend to believe that Chopra should have continued for the rest of his life to give all the credit for his own ideas and achievements to Maharishi. They were deeply offended when Chopra removed all references to Maharishi from his book. Again, my feeling is that they're angry because Chopra did, without any sense of guilt, something that they themselves would feel *enormous* guilt about if they did it. For example, the bottom line of both Bob's and Lupidus' comments is *retribution*, the fervent hope that Chopra is made to *suffer* for doing nothing more than deciding to be his own man. They expect him to go to hell, because that's where they think *they* would go if they became their own men and stopped being Maharishi's. ------------------------ 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/
