well put! signed, also another nutcase, or as Maharishi refers to nutcases, the hollowness of the seed
--- In [email protected], "marekreavis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Comment below: > > --- In [email protected], "lupidus108" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > this was a big issue, in the Robin Carlson days! > > > > he claimed to represent the pure Guru Dev, and > > > > that Maharishi had strayed from it. He attracted > > > > alot of followers in Fairfield around 1982. > > > > Nutcases abound. > > > > There will always be those souls who take refuge in their > > escapist "understanding" of Guru Dev rather than follow the advice of > > his closest disciple Maharishi. > > > > Why ? Because it is much easier to follow a Guru that is no longer in > > the body and that no longer challenge your beliefs. The latterday Guru > > Dev-fanatics amongst the "new-born-independents" are fooling > > themselves, dvelving into a dreamy soothingness of easy harmony that > > does not excist. > > **END** > > You bring up a very good point and one that concerns me, too. > > Maharishi has set up several hurdles to establishing a "full" > guru-disciple relationship (at least for me). The first one is that I > was "priced out" of discipleship a long time ago. I attended every > course for years, each one offering the latest techniques and the next > (and best) unfolding of new petals of knowledge. As a full-time > initiator it required scrimping and borrowing and soliciting sponsors, > etc., as each new course became more and more important to attend yet > more and more difficult to finance. > > Nevertheless, as access to Maharishi receded farther and farther > behind the massed phalanx of those whose wealth or status was more > useful to the movement than a simple initiator/governor -- the > scientists and the industrialists (and the celebrities), whose > attendance on Maharishi served to validate (and promote) his teachings > and techniques -- I continued to be devoted to him. > > After a time, however, the message(s) coming out of the movement made > less and less sense to me personally. I found it harder and harder to > relate to what was being promulgated as the "new" foundations of the > movement. It's not that I don't understand the potential value of > Ayurveda or Jyotish or StpathyaVeda, but their ascendency in > importance within the movement and the continued devaluation of > meditation and transcending always puzzled me. With the rise of the > rajas and the trappings attendant upon them and the cumulative effect > of many stories of behavior within the topmost tier of the movement I > found my faith in Maharishi severely shaken. And, since I no longer > (and for a long time now) have access to him I can neither confront > him directly for intellectual clarification, nor find confirmation of > his authenticity in my heart by his darshan. And I neither trust nor > believe the sincerity or motivations of his lieutenants. > > I can connect the dots of all the disparate and puzzling elements of > the movement in such a way that it all makes "sense" and explains > everything so that it all works out perfectly. Mr. Brigante does a > fine job of that and I cannot sincerely deny that his understanding or > belief may not be true. But I don't "know" that they are and for > myself the picture thus constructed seems tortured and more along the > lines of rationalizations than simple truths. > > So that leaves me to look to the very foundation of the movement and > that is Guru Dev, the guy that Maharishi taught me to do puja to. And > I do. And I feel, and quite strongly (based on my own experience), > that you cannot go wrong if you put your attention on Guru Dev. We > all lead ourselves. The Self leads the self back to the Self. It's > neither easy nor hard, it just is the way it is. I do consider my > devotion to Guru Dev to be an "escape" from the bondage under which > I've lived for so long. And I'm not just "fooling myself" either. > > I wish I had a clearer understanding of Maharishi and a way to make > sense out of all the weirdness within the movement. But, be that as > it may, I am eternally grateful for his teaching, for his meditation, > for his being, and for introducing me to Guru Dev through his own > person and through puja. As RAC posted the other day, yaaayy for > Maharishi for doing what he's done, it's certainly done me a world of > good. > > Jai Guru Dev > > Marek (one of the nutcases) 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/
