--- In [email protected], Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on 5/1/05 10:11 PM, Bob Brigante at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > >> That's sort of like saying the 'facts' are all there in the Bible, > > Bob. > >> Sal > >> > >> > >> On May 1, 2005, at 7:12 PM, Bob Brigante wrote: > >> > > > >>> What I have posted has absolutely nothing to do with "faith." The > >>> facts are there in MMY's writing "The Divine Plan." > > > > ********** > > > > My confidence in what MMY says is based on my personal experience of > > 37 years of TM. It's similar to my confidence that when I push the > > little button to cross the sidewalk, the cars will come to a stop, > > and I can proceed through the crosswalk. I push the little TM button, > > and transcend the limitations of mind, and I can see how this, when > > adopted by many people, and supplemented with Vedic recitation, can > > create a friendlier environment on earth. You can call this "faith," > > but it is not a baseless faith, but a faith or confidence based on my > > own experience and considerable study of Vedic and other lit. >
> I agree with everything you say above, but since facts clearly demonstrate > that many things M says are not true (not only predictions, but contemporary > observations) one has to come to terms somehow with the discrepancy. That's > what a lot of us are trying to do here. ********* I've seen MMY stumble walking down stairs, and certainly stuff like appearances at the Beach Boys concert (to give a TM lecture in front of kids who were waiting to hear the Boys perform) is a mistake, but these are merely tactical errors. The life-supporting influence of MMY is always right, and the big picture, the strategy, of the TM movement is right. Some of MMY observations are meant to be encouraging to ignorant people, like one tells a child trying to learn to ride a bike, not intended as holy writ. Recently MMY said at a press conference that it could take hundreds of centuries before the pundits made India Vedic. Frank talk like this may be discouraging to people, so he usually says things that predict quick success -- being truthful means being life-supporting. There is the old story of a sage sitting at a crossroads when an obviously distressed man runs by -- in a few moments, some bandits who were chasing the victim appeared and asked which way their mark went. The sage sent them down the wrong road. This was not factually true, but it was true to the life-supporting values that wise men follow, so it was true. Guru Dev sent MMY to enlighten a very very ignorant world, and in that process, MMY may have to not stick to the facts at every turn in order to successfully accomplish his important and divinely-mandated mission. 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/
