Maharishi is definately special unique and phenomenal. I have always admired his devotion to humanity and to Guru Dev. I know that he could make money in various ways but to spend so much of his life dedicated to the evolusiton of the planet and man kind this is DIVINE.
----- Original Message ----
From: David Fiske <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 2:37:46 PM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] I love Maharishi. Why?
From: David Fiske <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 2:37:46 PM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] I love Maharishi. Why?
Maharishi has been on mind recently. I have been thinking how much I
like him and what a pivotal role he played in my life. I last saw him
alone, probably in '74, on one of those European ATR courses. He had
been messing around with me, the then National Leader in South Africa,
as he was wont to do, giving contradictory messages and making me feel
unsettled as to my position and his confidence in me. I raised this
with him as he lay ready for sleep and said I was unsure of his love.
He replied" my love for you was established when first we met"
We me in 1962 (Hochgurgl). I had received word that my father was
dying in South Africa and I was uncertain about staying for the month.
Henry Nyburg organised for me to see him alone, right at the start of
the course. Maharishi took both my hands in a warm embrace and asked
about my father. It was a special moment for me and set the tone both
for the course, my first romance with the Absolute, and my subsequent
frequent interactions with Maharishi.
My last direct contact, en route as an immigrant to Canada, was from a
phone booth on a Swiss Autobahn as I was leaving Seelisburg, having
been given the run around by Neil Patterson for videos and a machine
which never came because I had a moustache! Maharishi laughed heartily
about this and said I could have gone to Canada as their national
leader rather than as a bearded philosopher. My response was that
would have put a few noses out of joint.
By then I was well on my way out from the organization having decided
amongst other things that if enlightenment meant anything it meant the
ability to be one's self as well as one's Self.
So some 30 years later he still comes to mind and I still feel such
affection for him. He was a wonderful person to know and greatly
enriched my life.
I do wonder how much of this comes from the Jungian projection one
tends to make on such figures and the reluctance to give up seeing
one's Soul in them.
I read what people say of Muktananda. I never met him but from what I
read he was a first class rogue so I have none of their projections
which either leaves them permanently in love or furious about being
betrayed.
So I am uncertain of this continuing love for Maharishi, my wish that
he makes a happy `transition', and that warm happy feeling I get when,
as now, I think of him and feel so grateful he was a part of life.
Love,
David
www.esotericarts.org
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/
<*> Your email settings:
Individual Email | Traditional
<*> To change settings online go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join
(Yahoo! ID required)
<*> To change settings via email:
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<*> 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/
like him and what a pivotal role he played in my life. I last saw him
alone, probably in '74, on one of those European ATR courses. He had
been messing around with me, the then National Leader in South Africa,
as he was wont to do, giving contradictory messages and making me feel
unsettled as to my position and his confidence in me. I raised this
with him as he lay ready for sleep and said I was unsure of his love.
He replied" my love for you was established when first we met"
We me in 1962 (Hochgurgl). I had received word that my father was
dying in South Africa and I was uncertain about staying for the month.
Henry Nyburg organised for me to see him alone, right at the start of
the course. Maharishi took both my hands in a warm embrace and asked
about my father. It was a special moment for me and set the tone both
for the course, my first romance with the Absolute, and my subsequent
frequent interactions with Maharishi.
My last direct contact, en route as an immigrant to Canada, was from a
phone booth on a Swiss Autobahn as I was leaving Seelisburg, having
been given the run around by Neil Patterson for videos and a machine
which never came because I had a moustache! Maharishi laughed heartily
about this and said I could have gone to Canada as their national
leader rather than as a bearded philosopher. My response was that
would have put a few noses out of joint.
By then I was well on my way out from the organization having decided
amongst other things that if enlightenment meant anything it meant the
ability to be one's self as well as one's Self.
So some 30 years later he still comes to mind and I still feel such
affection for him. He was a wonderful person to know and greatly
enriched my life.
I do wonder how much of this comes from the Jungian projection one
tends to make on such figures and the reluctance to give up seeing
one's Soul in them.
I read what people say of Muktananda. I never met him but from what I
read he was a first class rogue so I have none of their projections
which either leaves them permanently in love or furious about being
betrayed.
So I am uncertain of this continuing love for Maharishi, my wish that
he makes a happy `transition', and that warm happy feeling I get when,
as now, I think of him and feel so grateful he was a part of life.
Love,
David
www.esotericarts.org
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/
<*> Your email settings:
Individual Email | Traditional
<*> To change settings online go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join
(Yahoo! ID required)
<*> To change settings via email:
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<*> 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/
__._,_.___
To subscribe, send a message to:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Or go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/
and click 'Join This Group!'
Your email settings: Individual Email|Traditional
Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required)
Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch to Fully Featured
Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe
Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required)
Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch to Fully Featured
Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe
__,_._,___
