On Jun 4, 2005, at 12:23 AM, Rick Archer wrote: > 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.
Yeah, absolutely this is dangerous. I would suspect what this would engender would be people setting themselves up as teachers and selling their wares, websites, slick marketing, etc....and this is exactly what has happened. It is essential to emphasize kindness, especially to people interested in higher teaching. If a person cannot really connect to a sense of kindness toward others, then the teachings can simply be distorted into a method of cultivating some form of sanctified misanthropy. Enlightenment is supposed to be naturally connected with the thought of enlightenment of everyone--and this manifests thru compassion, that way you automatically not only retain a connection to other beings, you spontaneously act on their behalf. "All you need is love." -the Four Sages ;-) 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/
