--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > so is Maharishi Mahesh Yogi your Master or not? > > > > If so, you are being rebellious. > > > > If not, what's the problem? Who else is telling you what to do? > > > > > > There seems to be a big assumption in your discussions > > > of 'Master,' namely that one must or should do what he/she > > > says. > > > > I agree more with your point of view. However if I called someone His > > Holiness as some call someone we both know of, I'd certainly consider > > that person my Master, wouldn't you? And with the divine > implications, > > I'd certainly want to do everything that person said. > > > > If not, I'd do whatever I thought was best. I guess I don't equate > > Master with a spiritual teacher. They play different roles. > > I choose to *never* associate the term 'Master' with > spiritual teachers. It's just a personal thang. I > just don't get off behind the "Beam me up Scotty" > approach to enlightenment, and prefer the "Enlighten- > ment unfolds to the self by itself" approach. I'm > more of a do-it-yourself-er.
Me too. > As Shemp pointed out, there is a value in "identification" > with a spiritual teacher. But I personally think that > this has been misconstrued by many teachings into the > belief that one must do everything thing they say unques- > tioningly for that identification to take place. What > one is trying to identify with is a state of conscious- > ness, not the everyday beliefs and actions of the being > who wears that state of consciousness. Agreed. Though it depends where your teacher is, and how everyday their beliefs and actions are. > Unc 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/
