Just to clarify, I was being kind in the last line of this story. I don't *really* believe that Maharishi is, in *any* sense, "the best." Nor do I believe that the TM technique is "the best." I don't believe that *any* tradition or technique or teacher is "the best."
But I do suspect that it'll be a tough call when Maha- rishi steps on those karmic scales. On the one hand, IMO, the man has made some serious errors, errors that have had less than positive effects upon his followers. On the other, many if not most of those followers are still on a spiritual path. Just look at this forum. It may not be the path that Maharishi envisioned, and often did his best to badger them into following blindly, but they're still on the pathway to enlightenment. In my less-than-humble opinion, that counts. While I may, from time to time, rail against some of his latest follies, I still feel gratitude to him for helping to set me on the pathway to enlightenment. And as a result I forgive him much. It won't keep me from pointing out some of the follies of his old age from time to time, but I hope it will help me to keep compassion in mind as I do so. If my little cafe story has any truth to it, I think Guru Dev would have been *correct* not to praise the young Mahesh. Some people are just not ready to be the focus of that kind of attention. It has a very predictable effect on the ego, and I think that a number of us have seen what that effect is. But at the same time, compassion also has its place. How many of us could have done better, or even as well? Unc 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/
