--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung <no_re...@...> wrote: > > I was in the lecture hall when Maharishi was asked about the promise > of 5 - 8 years to get to CC. > > He said, "No, no, no, not for you. Only two years for initiators." > > I kept track of my meditation time while at TTC, and I ended up with > five years' worth of 20 mins twice a day as my total, so I was > panicked a bit at the end of TTC that I hadn't had many signs of my > goal being reached. What kind of dud was I, eh? > > But, the TMO was on the job and spun the whole thing for me with "once > you get into teaching, all your accomplishments from TTC's deep > meditations be stabilized and realized." Like that. > > 2,000 initiation pujas later, 10 years later, not a dime saved later, > four ATRs later, 2-month in residence Siddhi course later, four kids > in MSAE later, five years of morning and evening dome later, 20 years > in Fairfield later, it could only be concluded that I had the most > knotted-up, stressed-out brain that ever was to still be so needing so > much more. > > You see me here. I'm open enough, right? You have a "take" on me > that's valid in your own opinion, right? Does ya see any glow in my > halo? > > There's your real lies: the ones the TMO taught us all to say to > ourselves. I am reminded of that old PC vs Mac joke: "How many > applications does it take to finish a project on a Mac? Ans: just one > more." > > Maharishi's sex life? Phihhh! How about how he taught us all to fuck > ourselves? Talk about a Kama Sutra list of ways to "bend de body" such > that the wallet falls out unnoticed. > > Edg
Someone who drags Mac vs PC into this discussion has an interesting take on their various obsessions... L.
