--- In [email protected], Peter Sutphen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- 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. >
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