I did almost nine months with Maharishi in Spain and Italy, and I heard it straight from his mouth that initiators only would be expected to do a mere two years before CC was, on average, arrived at.
Imagine the highjinks my mind had to perform to, year after year, once again have to pump myself up with, "Edg, so it's been a few decades, and you only signed up for eight years; it just shows you were the worst guy to ever start meditating and had the hardest of hard rocks for TM to melt, but keep at it." Like that. Sigh..... After being directly asked about the 5 - 8 year promise, Maharishi said, as near as I can remember it, "No, no, no, for initiators we only think maybe two years." Everyone in the movement clung to that promise. And, if you had anything to do with the movement like you brag about, where were you when everyone was embracing that thought? Seems you were not in the fast moving part of the river. As for my use of the word "freedom," it was poetic uasage, and I don't think I ever heard Maharishi use it as his go-to verbiage. But, fuck you, cuz you knew how I was using it, and you're just a troll. And, gang, here's a guy who has his own spiritual Web site and is posing as a knower of reality, and he's calling into question that enlightenment is not properly referred to as "freedom." What a putz we have for a resident War Monger pretending to a chaplin; I mean, really, where's the guy who really can strut a spiritual path and wear a ten gallon hat at the same time that FFL deserves? What a joke ya is Willy. Edg --- In [email protected], WillyTex <no_re...@...> wrote: > > > > It takes a long time for the complete transformation > > > of character, you must remember habits go back many > > > lifetimes, a few years of TM isn't going to erase > > > lifetimes of bad habits. Mental and physical health > > > may improve immediately, but the overall character > > > defects that keep us bound take more time.......30 > > > to 40 years of TM is what I call "a good start". > > > > Duveyoung wrote: > > Well put, Billy. But why didn't Maharishi tell us > > that instead of five to eight years to freedom? > > > Maybe so, but I've seen no credible evidence that the > Marshy ever promised anyone 5-8 years to 'freedom'. > > Can you post anything that would validate your claim? > A book quote, or some printed literature? > > I think not. > > In fact, the Marshy probably at no time ever made any > promises to anyone about their state of consciousness, > because it would be nonsensical. At the time he > supposedly made this promise, at least a hundred people > had already been practicing TM for over ten years. > > Go figure. >
