imo the problem so many of us have and have had with Maharishi's teaching is that once we enjoyed some success with the initial practice of TM, we then wanted a road map from Maharishi to go the rest of the way, on our terms.
Maharishi is like any other Master, with his own personality, idiosyncrasies, etc. He lives a certain way and asks his followers to live a certain way, adhere to particular beliefs, and so on. It is foolish on the one hand to continue to judge Maharshi on our own terms, if we see him as our Master. It has to be one way or the other. If you want enlightenment, go find it! Don't look to Maharishi to provide it for you. On the other hand, if you believe that Maharishi will or should provide you with the roadmap to your full unfoldment, then do as he says. Analogous to this process was my experience in school. I was very interested to learn to read, write, and do basic arithmetic. After I knew that (through the fourth grade as I recall), my interest in school waned measurably. I didn't continue to tell my teachers what they should or shouldn't be teaching me, or where the school system was deficient. I just began learning things on my own (and did the minimum necessary to earn the grades to progress through school). Same with Maharishi. Once I learned TM, I followed the path unfolding within, and expressed without, as it took me, believing in Maharishi's teachings or not, as seemed appropriate. I admit I have been disillusioned by things I once believed about him and his movement, but that is certainly not a unique distinction in my life reserved for Maharishi! Maharishi is a great man, one of the greatest in history in my opinion, and a Master to many, but he is not nor was he ever my Master. I will always have a special place for him in my heart for meaningfully starting me on the path to real enlightenment. Jai Guru Dev --- In [email protected], gerbal88 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip> I didn't see this so much in the TM tradition, which is why I got fed > up with Maharishi's "teachings" which seemed to be more like > crabgrass spreading across a lawn than a well thought out teaching > taking us from point A to point B in a comprehensible and meaningful > way. <snip> ...I am not sure that > Maharishi's teachings are any help in this regard, there is just more > and more to do, learn, "buy" to take the place of beneficial, > meaningful teachings leading to greater awareness and the "meaning" > of the transcendent. 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/
