>> > >> >> "Lil Mahesh" isn't offensive to you, however... >> >> >> L > > ;-) > >
------Not really anymore. I just never had the real connection to Maharishi that others feel. I mean, I just liked the technique. Maharishi made my mind chase its own tail a bit too much. I don't suppose such things like Aparushaya Bhasya means so much to my daily circumstances. I don't hate Maharishi though. I even love him. But it's not visceral. Like once the Dalai Lama got sick and I worried he was gonna die and I was really worried. At other times I sort of wished Maharishi would finish his job here. At some point a human being what they are they are going to be seen in all their fiery hypocracy and mental bias. I didn't care for Maharishi trying to finesse tyrants and dictators. I don't care for the man on the moon mission statement of the local millionaire chakravartins. I think I take personal affront when people deride teachers who really have not had a sordid history. There are some, and it's because of Maharishi and other jet set gurus that people now are scared. They may ultimately have not served history well, in spite of how some gurus have opened our minds personally. Namkhai Norbu isn't my teacher either. Just so far as I have ever heard he has been integral and not making his followers all emotional. I remember reading lots of Nasruddin the Sufi stories when I was young and he was adept at keeping his devotees mentally and emotionally even tempered. For all the no mood making bullshit the TMO espoused they were the worst sort of sky pilot mood makers one could ever wish for. But as I said in another post such persons comfort me. I remember a teaching I attended where one man hopped around from foot to foot shooting imaginary arrows and at the time I thought he was a kook. But one day I was meditating and he entered my mind and I started laughing for like ten minutes and I thought, hey I am glad we had him there. Just so that you understand my position. I tend to hang with thugs and drunks and other underworld types. I like them as they tend to be known quantities. Gurus in general now make me weary, as weary as politicians and cops. You know, you never heard a negative Schlomo Karlebach story ever. A roller skating ukulele playing hasid rabbi is not someone who is out to create skateparks with his logo on them. His was a simple message which caused little controversy and crossed all lines. We didn't need another hero. I would just rather have some simple honesty. Lots of not simple honesty in TMO, perhaps really worse than Hari Krishna movement, just played smarter by teams of Purusha MBAs. Best just not to get me started. My TMO experience is like a bad divorce and yet there's still some sexual tension when we're together. Allegorically speaking. Besides Maharishi's dead and nothing can touch him now.
