Do whatever little thing you can do, to further propogate this knowledge. Any form which serves the purpose of spreading this knowledge. If we would stop for a moment, and imagine what it was like 50 years ago, to leave India, and start to teach, this thing, around the world; it was undertaken one step at a time. So, just take a small step, in the direction of spreading peace,and light, and this is doing Dharma...
- In [email protected], Peter Sutphen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- jim_flanegin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "Lately this list seems more obsessed than ever at > > finding that tiny > > little speck of dust on the otherwise perfectly > > white silk cloth and > > making it into Mt. Everest. Amazing." > > > > You are witnessing dharma in action. > > > > The TM Organization has from time to time instituted > > a 'rose colored > > glasses' approach to its activities, blind to any > > faults of its own, > > that others viewing through another lens may see. > > Sometimes the > > disconnect between what is professed by the Movement > > and by > > Maharishi and what others have seen is quite large. > > > > So many on this board now feel the need to question > > and challenge > > that disconnect. Maybe some of us then get caught up > > in being > > attached to being overly critical of the TM > > Organization and > > Maharishi. Others will then resist, and attempt to > > discredit this > > questioning and criticism of Maharishi and the > > Movement. > > > > So I agree it is amazing. > > > > If you watch over time, this board maintains a > > pretty even > > equilibrium between the 'bashers' and the 'gushers'. > > And then there is the most difficult, but ultimately > most rewarding path which is right down the middle. > You acknowledge that the bashers have a point, > over-stated and over-simplified at times, yet valid > and authentic and you also recognize that the gushers > have a point too, also over-stated and over simplified > at times, but just as authentic. The two can not be > conceptually integrated....and therein lies the > amazing dilemma. We can not really dismiss MMY. Way > too many experiences with him and that Blazing > Brahman. But we also can't turn a blind eye to the > relative madness of his flaky, narcissistic, greedy, > rude, unrealistic, behavior. Some resolve it by > dismissing MMY as a fraud. Some find great fault in > the people around him. Others resolve it by denial of > an aspect of their own experience. No approach of > denial or projection really resolves anything at all, > it just delays it. End of transmission. > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com 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/
