--- In [email protected], Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on 6/13/05 8:45 AM, sparaig at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > He's not good at pressing flesh and kissing babies. > > I wonder if this means he does not really see all things as the Self? There > are some wild Ammachi stories - curing a leper by sucking the pus out of his > sores, jumping into a sewage ditch to clear a clogged pipe with her bare > hands, etc., in addition to millions of personal stories of "flesh pressing" > compassion, which provide a telling contrast to Maharishi's "I'm immaculate, > hands-off" approach.
The "hands off" approach doesn't ring true with my experience and memories. Clearly things have changed from the earlier days, but I have nice memories of MMY every night, sometimes several times a day, taking a long leisurly time entering a hall, taking flowers from everyone who cared to give him some, talking to people, some word for many "enjoying? mmm", lots of eye contact and acknowledgement. He was not "pressing the flesh", but took lots of time to "press the spirit". And more often than not, his discourses were from people asking questions on the mic, not some prepared lecture. "Ministering" to the needs and questions of the course participants. And he would often stay up until the wee hours seeing that last person who "just had to talk to him that night" even though it appears a lot of "issues" were trivial. And so mny times, gat hering up the troops to take everyone for full moon boat ride or drive or walk. I am sure some saints were / are more gregarious, some more reserved than him. But to cast him as hands-off, isolated, sterile, disconnected from people was not the mode I saw and experienced. But I have not been around him since the late 70's. Clearly these days he is more isolated. But then so am I. Many of you probably are. Circumstances change. 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/
