--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante <no_reply@> > wrote: > > > > > > the joy of drinking... > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/06/books/review/Harris.t.html > > > > Many thanks for this, Bob. Such a funny, well- > > written review makes me want to order the book. > > > > The Bar is certainly a source of fascination.
> Around about 1978 (+-) there was this rare Yogi who visited > Seelisberg. Almost every night Maharishi let him lecture in the Main > Assembly Hall. All he would talk about was unity in all it's facets. > Evening after evening. Unity, unity, unity and the need for seclusion > to reach that state. > Nothing wrong with that, the Yogi, who's name I no longer recall, was > obviously firmly established in that state. > One day Maharishi told his secretary to take the fellow on a trip to > Lucern. And he was rather surprized to suddenly find himself in a > well known bar in that city where the secretary insisted they should > spend quite some time. > When the Yogi's time in Seelisberg was up and he was going home to > India someone asked him how his stay had been. Marvelous he said, > then he declared that Maharishi is a generous and great Mahapurusha. > But, he said, Maharishis secretaries are rather strange ! > > The lesson ? Perhaps the Yogi needed to grow into Brahman, to > experience that he was in fact everything, including bars and their > inhabitants. > > Would Maharishi denounce brothels ? Me think not. > Enjoyed this rememberance from you, and illustrating the difference between UC and Brahman.
