on 5/29/05 7:08 AM, jim_flanegin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > --- In [email protected], "lupidus108" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> It is obviously less of a challenge to be devoted to someone who is > no >> longer in the body, and who no longer stretch ones vision of reality > or >> challenges your beliefsystem, or test your devotion big time. > > I must respectfully say that you are operating from conjecture, not > direct experience. Those devoted to Guru Dev are challenged just as > strongly as those following Maharishi. The goals are just as clearly > defined, as are the challenges (to belief systems and devotion).
And for most people, Maharishi is nearly as abstract as Guru Dev. Sure, one sees his tapes and read his writings a lot more, but there's still plenty of room for disconnect between the man as he is and one's critical or idealized conceptions of him, as evidenced by TM-Ex on the one hand and Briganteism on the other. 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/
