--- In [email protected], "Paul Mason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "Paul Mason" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Your suggestion that Guru Dev did not envision a movement is > > > laughable; why do you think he left the forest, where he was > > > perfectly happy? Guru Dev came out to bless the householder world > > > with the bliss he found as a monk, and the name "Maharishi" was > > > bestowed by the people grateful that MMY came out to bring Guru > > Dev's > > > blessings to the world. > > > > It is recorded that Guru Dev visited the cities at the request of > his > > own guru. It is also said that he resisted being made > Shankaracharya > > for many many years. I have never heard MMY claim that Guru Dev > ever > > spoke about there being a movement such as the TM movement. Quite > the > > contrary in fact. I clearly remember listening to a tape recording > of > > MMY saying something like "He didn't say but he knew. He didn't > waste > > time in planning." > > > > But if you doubt me, I can source a verbatim quote, maybe even get > > you a mp3 of him saying it! > > I just picked it up at > http://www.paulmason.info/themaharishi/mmych14.htm > > 'The Maharishi himself freely acknowledged his debt to his own 'Guru > Dev'. It might be wondered by what method old Swami Brahmanand had > prepared his pupil for the world mission undertaken in his name. >
> "Oh he must have known. He never said to me, otherwise quite a long > time would have been wasted in planning. He saved us from that waste, > just of planning. It just blossomed and blossomed and blossomed and > blossomed."' *********** Right, a "muni," a sage fond of silence, who lived almost all his life alone in the woods, was fond of economy in speech, and so why say anything, when the inspiration would come to MMY to bring out the knowledge of TM in order to bring the monk's bliss to the householder as well? The only necessary step was to lift Maharishi to his level, and having accomplished that, Guru Dev left. 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/ <*> 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/
