--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mar 26, 2005, at 12:43 AM, Kenny H wrote: > > > 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. > > The nature of the Guru-Student relationship is more personal than any > of the above. And if we are talking of "purity of the Vedic tradition" > I doubt he would avoid the formal rite for this relationship (of > student and Guru) and the giving of a guru-mantra (a mantra which helps > you not only keep contact, but allows you to unite your consciousness > to the teachers) which is the vehicle for lineal transmission. > > You are right, he does use many of the props and a lot of the pretense. > > We're talking about McDonald's drive-thru style meditation here. It > ain't 'the real thing' despite 'millions being served'.>>
Dream on pal. I guess you never got to do the yogic flying. It is real....BIG TIME. 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/
