--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" <do.rflex@> > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <jflanegi@> > wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" <do.rflex@> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" > <jflanegi@> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter > <drpetersutphen@> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- boo_lives <boo_lives@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister > > > > > > > <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > IMO, he looks a bit sad or worried in most > > > > > > > > of these pics: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.paulmason.info/gurudev/photogallery.htm > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I guess he knew what the world would have to go > > > > > > > through > > > > > > > > during the 20th century. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Or how MMY would start selling supernormal powers > > > > > > > and Enlightenment at > > > > > > > $1 million a pop to spiritual gullible americans, > > > > > > > all proceeds going > > > > > > > into an offshore account in the jersey islands named > > > > > > > Brahmananda > > > > > > > Saraswati Trust, which finances real estate > > > > > > > development and lavish > > > > > > > lifestyles of the varma/srivasta clans. > > > > > > > > > > > > Slam dunk!! > > > > > > > > > > > I guess I never figured that Guru Dev is that weak, blind > and > > > stupid- > > > > > - > > > > > > > > > > That a saint who could make himself dynamically known to > many > > > after > > > > > his bodily death, who apparently organized a massive yagya > to > > > end > > > > > world war two, who manifested money out of the ether, who > lived > > > > > unaided in the forest from the age of nine, would be > incapable > > > of > > > > > using his highly developed intuition to pick a worthy > successor > > > to > > > > > spread his message, one who he even provided with the > mantras > > > useful > > > > > for the world, on his deathbed? > > > > > > > > > > Of all those who he could of chosen, at his pinnacle of > wisdom > > > and > > > > > popularity as Shankaracharya of the North, of all of those > > > attracted > > > > > to him, he choses someone who is greatly flawed, to destroy > and > > > cast > > > > > doubt on all of his work? > > > > > > > > > > Sorry, but I ain't buyin' it.:-) > > > > > > > > > > > > For someone who justifies Maharishi's apparent amorality and > is > > > proud > > > > of being a self-proclaimed fool, it's no surprise. > > > > > > > Yes, my self is absolutely a fool, yours and mine both! Always > will > > > be, either a God fighting or God surrendering fool.:-) > > > > > > Empty party-line rhetoric. > > > Right-- Experience and clarity are necessary to bring such a > statement alive. If neither are available, all my statement becomes > is a useless corpse.:-)
Self-delusion can also bring such a statement alive.