--- In [email protected], Peter Sutphen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- 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.
He said enlightenment can "start" that way. Is this an important part of his reply or is it just the way you wrote it? Rick Carlstrom 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/
