--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Sep 24, 2007, at 6:44 PM, authfriend wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], Vaj <vajranatha@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Sep 24, 2007, at 6:10 PM, jim_flanegin wrote: > > > > > > > > Ron, is the reason you mentioned 'cognizing the vedas' > > > > > because of the rumor spread by TB's (probably purushoids) > > > > > that Mahesh 'cognized the Vedas'? > > > > Such a rumor certainly wasn't part of the discussion > > until you brought it up. Why do I have this sneaking > > suspicion that you couldn't care less where Ron got > > the idea from, you just wanted an excuse to make the > > TMO look bad? > > Well now, that would depend on how Ron intended it. He wrote me > offlist and stated his source, but I'm waiting to hear whether or > not this included the vedas.
Another non sequitur. > > This is one of many self- > > > > > perpetuated myths the org puts forth to help justify > > > > > devotion/investment despite waning interest. > > > > BTW, what does "self-perpetuated" mean where > > a rumor is concerned? That people don't have > > to repeat it, it just magically spreads itself? > > > > > > I never heard Maharishi say he had cognized the Vedas, nor > > > > did I hear anyone say this about Maharishi. Wasn't his > > > > translation of, and commentary on the Bhagavad Gita enough!?? > > > > Next you'll be telling us he wrote the encyclopedia > > > > brittanica...:-) > > > > > > Well Jimbo, you just ain't been around! :-) > > > > > > It's a rather common TMO myth IME. > > > > Funny, I never heard it either. That a blissninny > > may have asserted it here doesn't mean the TMO is > > "putting it forth." > > Or you have and you're lying. Nope, I don't lie, Vaj. Don't project. I was as surprised as anybody to see that Purusha chap make the claim here. > > You remind me of the right-wingers who go hunting > > for unseemly comments on lefty blogs and then > > attempt to characterize the entire left as out of > > line on the basis of a nitwit comment or two. > > > > There's even a name for it now: nutdiving. > > Actually I have just heard of one source offlist: > > Bevan Morris. Speaking of blissninnies... > Let me guess Judy, you never heard of him either... >
