--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Kenny H" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Mar 25, 2005, at 6:18 PM, Bob Brigante wrote: > > > > > The only adaption that Maharishi has made to the Gurudakshina is to > > > front-load it > > > > The thing is Bob--MMY never set himself up as a Guru. > > I thoroughly disagree with this statement though I have heard people > say it for years now and have hear Maharishi imtimate it. However, > when you sit up in front of people and wait until someone puts your > deerskin down before you get seated. when everyone stands up when you > come in the room, and waits for you to sit down and then sit down, > when they hang on your every word and you have words to direct every > aspect of a person's life, when you give people blessings to get > married or advise against it, when you have men and women leading > monkish lives and following your every advice, when you have a > university in your own name and the basis of the universisty is > development of consciousness, when people follow rigorous diets and > follow what appear to be extreme suggestions for improving healtn and > the many others things I have left out, it is pretty hard to claim > non-Guruhood. > Ken > > ************
Until you know that: Maharishi slept on the floor at the foot of Guru Dev's bed; people do not follow "rigorous diets," but in fact choose what they want to eat; development of consciousness does not require any devotion to a guru; the reporters at the White House stand up when the President enters the room; Maharishi does not attempt to direct every aspect of a person's life (but instead says "do as you feel to do"); advised only a few people like Larry Domash not to get married (because he would be able to devote more time and energy to the TM movement, a reasonable suggestion for a key employee); Ayurveda does not make extreme suggestions for improving health. The guru-disciple relationship is much more close than what anybody has with MMY. If you read about MMY's relationship with Guru Dev, then you understand what it truly implies: http://geocities.com/bbrigante/spiritual.html#dev 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/
