--- In [email protected], akasha_108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The consensual sexual activities of an adult human with another adult > > human are usually considered to be a private matter, > > While I think the sexual things, if actually true*, are a bit > overblown in peoples mind, there are some situations that perhaps > transcend your generalization -- all consenting adults: > > i) a celibate priest with a parishoner > > ii) a non-celibate pastor with a chruch member > > iii) a psychiatrist with a patient > > iv) a manager with a direct report > > v) a professor with a student (over 21) > > vi) a coach with a team member > > To that list add "spiritual teacher with student". The potential > exploitation and misuse of implicit power issues have been discussed > at length over the years here. Everyone will draw theri own > conclusions, but I think many spiritual orgs are writing such > prohibitions into their codes of conduct / by-laws. > > > *no girl has actually talked directly about the experiences, and from > what I can gather, while somethings did happen, maybe its not in the > way people precisely imagine.
it speaks to each of our relationships with Maharishi, don't you think? if we didn't care about that, being concerned about that, our relationship to Maharishi, the discussion and 'is it true or not?' wouldn't be of such interest to many of us. and as was mentioned earlier on this list, Maharishi could be seen as ourselves. If for no other reason than we see him as we see ourselves, oddly, we create him as we wish to see him. so there seems to be several questions we can ask ourselves: 1. what is our realtionship to Maharishi? 2. is it broad enough to encompass every domain of his life, and map it to ours; do business as he does business, meditate as he meditates, eat the same as he eats? 3. or is it more that some may see and experience great value from part of him, a specific set of knowledge and behavior that we find currently useful and natural enough to map into our lives? 4. and instead of seeing him as all perfect, almost like a father figure, do we effectively use that which we find useful from our Teacher, and let the rest go? 5. what if we can't, what if its all or nothing, he's absolutely perfect, or he isn't? 6. which side of the fence ar we on? after we address these few questions, then we can tackle the more topical stuff, don't you think? 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/
