--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Fairfield Lifer <fairfield.li...@...> wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 6:55 PM, BillyG. <wg...@...> wrote: > > I think MMY kind of felt the ends justified the means, and teaching a > > little Yoga in a simple manner would be more popular than teaching the > > complete Yoga as defined by Maharishi Patanjali. Unfortunately, this > > adulterated Patanjali's teachings and left them somewhat diminished > > in their effectiveness. > > > > Perhaps MMY thought he could incorporate the other important limbs (or > > means) later when people would be more receptive.......who knows? > > Is this groundhog day or deja vu all over again? > > Maharishi stated very clearly in a Humboldt tape which was a favorite > residence course tape, which got repackaged with the MERU swan, > Packabel and the haughty announcement of "Courses for Citizens of the > Age of Enlightenment" that there had been a misinterpretation of > Patanjali, that there was an 8 fold path (actually 8 limbs to the > tree), and that the limbs weren't to be followed one at a time until > you got them all mastered. Mastering one (he used 3 different > branches as examples) gets you mastery of all. Pull one leg of a > table and the other legs come with it. > > So whom are you going to believe? Maharishi or Maharishi?
I believe Maharishi #1, that is when he said you must practice all 8 *means* of Patanjali's limbs, he spoke the unvarnished truth. Will the real Maharishi please stand up?............hum, hum. Yes, it's MMY #1. Now you see why MMY will always be an enigma!
