Nice post Marek. If you're a nut case, I'll join your team anyday! A sincere, devoted inquiry. Not this lunatic tripe that Lups throwsup (pun intended) as channeled by his holiness Benjamin Creme --- 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 > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! 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