--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "wayback71" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Rick isn't making sly little digs about the behaviors he has witnessed. My take on it is that > he has wrestled with this disconnect between the expectations he had for an Enlightened > Master's behavior, and the actual behavior.
What's unenlightened about getting angry with stupid questions? Who is to say that that wasn't the "correct" response -- what was needed at the time? Why should MMY be blamed for the limitations in other people's thinking about how enlightened people are "supposed" to behave? It is a valid thing to puzzle over, given the > descriptions presented by MMY himself about proper, or enlightened, action. There have > been hundreds and hundreds of posts here over the years discussing this very topic, and > lots of theories tossed about. For those of us who do not or cannot deny the behaviors > that disappoint, there is a lot to think about and no real answer that the > mind can provide. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37" <feste37@> wrote: > > > > Rick just can't resist the sly little dig, the notion that MMY's behavior > > was > > "abnormal." Never seen anyone get impatient or angry at being asked dumb > > questions? I'd say it was very normal. > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <fairfieldlife@> wrote: > > > > > > on 3/21/06 11:31 PM, a_non_moose_ff at [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > > > > > > > > We were in long rounding and someone passed up a note with a question > > > > about bathing. They said a "teacher" had told them not to bath right > > > > after asanas or mediating so "when can we bath, since we are doing > > > > asanas or meditating all the time?" M. "hit the roof", "furious", > > > > paraphrasing -- "what teacher is telling you this?!!!!! I didn't give > > > > such instructions. Who is giving instructions counter to mine. You are > > > > rounding all the time. Of course you will be bathing sometimes after > > > > TM or asanas. Who told you not to do this???? " > > > > > > He mentioned this often on early courses. He said bathing would wash the > > > ojas off the skin. What bothers me about this account is that he would often > > > get so furious over trivial things. Something abnormal about that IMO. > > > > > > ------------------------ 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/
