--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Vaj, first of all, though Maharishi was snubbing tradition in his > willingness to leave the yamas and niyamas of Patanjali out of his > teachings and techniques, it was that revolutionary aspect of his > teaching that brought even the idea of meditation into the Western > world and made it part of popular Western culture. > > In your opinion (and others), that was ultimately a bad decision, but > I feel that Maharishi's initial impulse was sincere and came from > heartfelt enthusiasm that what he was doing was following the > inspiration he received from Guru Dev. His impulse wasn't to make > meditation available just for the few lucky ones, it seems to have > been to make it available for all. To whatever degree his intentions > were unmet or later modified, it really seems unlikely to me that he > was trying to pervert the tradition; it seems more reasonable to > assume that he was trying to expand the tradition beyond the cultural > restrictions, as he saw them to be at the time, as all his speeches > and writings in the first 10 years or so of his coming out of India > express. > > And for me (and obviously, several others) for whom his meditation > has proven itself to be of the highest value, it's kind of difficult > to find fault, even while recognizing that there are problems and > issues in the way his movement has played out and the fallout that > has caused in many others' lives. > > Marek
Nicely put! I think we have solved this enigma called MMY! :-)
