--- Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> on 6/3/05 7:29 PM, Vaj at [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > > > On Jun 3, 2005, at 5:57 PM, Peter Sutphen wrote: > > > >>> > >>> Ego-inflation is an OK thing if it gets the job > >>> done. > >> > >> What is the job and when is it done and how in > the > >> world will an arrogant ego help this? > > > > It may be just they are being trained like their > "master"--to attain > > "Black Rudra"--the form of enlightenment where the > ego is not > > relinquished. It is believed by some that a number > of the charismatic > > holymen selling their wares and oh so prevalent > nowadays fall in this > > category. > > Maharishi explicitly stated, in a lecture at Harvard > Law School and > elsewhere, that we don't relinquish or destroy the > ego with his path, but > rather make it bigger, stronger, etc., until it > becomes as big as the whole > universe. Amma commented (not with reference to MMY) > that this path can work > but is dangerous. Several years ago I asked SSRS about my experience of ego annihilation. He said enlightenment can start that way or with identification and inclusion of everything in awareness. He didn't indicate that one was more or less dangerous than another. But it was a brief conversation. > > > > > > 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] > > > > > > __________________________________ Discover Yahoo! Stay in touch with email, IM, photo sharing and more. Check it out! http://discover.yahoo.com/stayintouch.html 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/
