On Feb 7, 2008, at 7:26 PM, do.rflex wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> On Feb 7, 2008, at 6:38 PM, do.rflex wrote:
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> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <rick@> wrote:
> >
> > Maharishi's answer doesn't clearly account for, as an example,
> > Satyanand's stated experience of hearing Guru Dev's voice
*after* Guru
> > Dev's body had ceased to function. Nor does it account for my own
> > current experiences of Guru Dev, visually and telepathically.
[Unless
> > of course, one claims that Guru Dev hadn't attained Cosmic
> > Consciousness.]
> >
> > Interestingly, I remember that exchange at Humboldt, as I waited
on
> > every word. And I shared the frustration I sensed in the person
that
> > asked that question as Maharishi did not clarify it
satisfactorily.
[snip]
> Regarding early TMO pundits and "teachers": 'they certainly
weren't no
> Acharyas'. :-)
Brahmachari Satyanand, whom I referred to, had spent many years with
Guru Dev as a disciple. After Guru Dev's 'death' he later went on to
assist Maharishi spreading Transcendental Meditation, as I understand
it, until he died himself. I attended a course he conducted at Lake
Arrowhead in the early 70s and spoke with him individually and
privately at least three times, one of which was to receive an
advanced technique. I say this mainly to indicate that Satyanand was
directly involved with Guru Dev and Maharishi both.
IME it's not a guarantee that these people are completely and
holistically trained in these sciences. I really, honestly, see most
of them as naive.
Some are able to replace education with direct (inner) experience, but
this is exceedingly rare in this era.
You can also hang or pay to hang with those who do know directly the
inner and outer worlds. It seems to me that Mahesh Yogi was someone
who hung or paid to hang with some really very cool folks. From there
he built his web.
