--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> > wrote: > > One gets the "credit" for accomplishments by actually > > accomplishing something, not by claiming that your > > teacher did. > > > I absolutely agree with this last bit. I also think you are taking > what I said to an absurd degree. What I have said is analogous to > the fact that the electrification of the US wouldn't have occurred > were it not for Edison. You probably don't see it that way. OK by > me. However to imply that I am denigrating those who followed in > Maharishi's footsteps, like the Vanity Fair yoga photographer, is > not at all what I am talking about, or that anyone who has ever > accomplished anything spiritually including any of us here, hasn't > done so entirely on their own merits, through their own choice, and > through their own efforts. > > However, someone had to revitalize the spiritual momentum of the > world. The religions weren't doing it. The fact that it is Maharishi > and Guru Dev doesn't matter much. It could have been anyone else. > Reality check: Its just that it wasn't, though Yogananda did a great > job of softening up the soil in the West so to speak. > > And last, this implication that Maharishi and Guru Dev did this and > therefore it reflects on me somehow is just plain nonsensical. I > hope that clarifies to you what I have said originally. In a > nutshell I said what I said without any further implications or > conclusions to be drawn. A settled mind. It is what it is, and no > more. :-)
According to you MMY is perfect and "revitalized the spiritual momentum of the world." Do tell, oh settled mind, where is your proof of this?
