--The thing that impressed me the most about Maharishi, when I first met him, in NYC, at a talk he gave in !975, was that he was so different then I had expected. Just a depth of silence and light that was deeper than I imagined was possible to feel. At the same time there seemed to be this high shakti energy, that an older woman standing beside me was shaking and crying. When I lived in Fairfield, around '75-84, it was always so different when he would come for a visit. His presence would change the atmosphere, and make everything more real. As time went on, and I would visit Fairfield, I would wonder sometimes what would happen in the long run, as more and more he was becoming more of a mental image for people, a picture, an institution, rather than a flesh and blood person. So, it must have been a lot different to be with Jesus, for example, than to be with the organization, which was created around his teaching. Think of the difference of being with the flesh and blood man... There's always the problem of trying to institutionalize something; it loses something in the translation...
- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Ever notice that some of the biggest Maharishi funda- > > > mentalists, like someone we know, have never even met > > > him or been in the same room with him, after 30 years > > > or more of meditating? For such people, the *idea* > > > of Maharishi is more important than the reality. > > > > And so? We like our myths. > > More than we like reality. > > > > Maybe > > > some people finally make progress when they drop the > > > ideas they've been clinging to and deal with everyday > > > reality. > > > > Or not. Sometimes denial can be a GOOD thing. > > If what you want out of life is to live in denial, > I guess so. Some have different aspirations. > > Unc 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/
