--- TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
snip > > Not bloody likely. :-) Those who have bought into > TM being "the highest teaching" would never lower > themselves to try anything else. > > If they're right, they stick with the "highest > teach- > ing" forever, and avoid "lesser" techniques. If > they're > wrong, they stick with the first thing they learned > and never learn anything more. The question would > seem > to be whether the sense of elitism is jutified, > whether > TM really is "the highest teaching" or merely the > "ABCs" > of spiritual practice, being *sold* as "the highest > teaching." If it IS the "highest teaching," good > deal... > the practitioner has avoided wasting time with other I see MMY as promulgating the idea that "TM is the highest teaching" primarily to get us to be as commited as possible to a sadhana. He wanted us to dig as deep as possible. Unfortunately a side effect of that, in some people, is that when the original intent behind starting the practice has not been relized for decades, they cling to the belief that they are on the "highest" path and deny their own experience that, for them,this particular sadhana has ended. This leads to such laziness in their practice because what guides them now is the comfort of belief rather than actual experience. And now they drift, clinging to the raft of a belief system claiming it is a racing boat. Chalk up one more victory for Mara: ensnared by the mind again. > > > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com 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/
