--- off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- In [email protected], "authfriend" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- In [email protected], Peter > Sutphen > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > --- off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > > In the video Kai Druhl comes across as a > christian > > > > fundamentalist > > > > nut. > > > > You can almost hear the reporter cringing, as > Kai > > > > says that "TM > > > > prevents the experience of Jesus". > > > > > > > > What a nut. > > > > > > I don't think he's a nut at all. I completely > > > understand the point he's making. It's a subtle > > > conflict between the approaches of bhakti and > gyana. A > > > bhakti surrenders to God. A gyani takes on the > > > responsibility of his own evolution through the > > > practice of techniques and life-style changes. > Only at > > > the end of the path does a gyani finally > transcend his > > > bondage into God, while a bhakti starts with > this > > > assumption and approach. > > > > The practice of TM doesn't involve surrendering > > to God right from the start?? > > > > Isn't that what you're doing every time you go > > back to the mantra? Or at least every time you > > transcend? > > > > That's how I think of TM, at any rate, as a > > systematic process of surrender to the > > Ultimate.>> > > Technically, yes. > However, the terminology means different things. > Jesus is considered by born again Christians to be > an external > entity to which you must ask for forgiveness for > your sins. He will > come back in human form one day (soon)and kill all > the sinners and > non-christians, and place the christians in heaven > (but only the > arm waving ones). Everyone else will be burned and > tortured in hell > pain for eternity. > > Do you see the difference? Oh silly details, Off! > > > > > > > > To subscribe, send a message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Or go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > and click 'Join This Group!' > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > ____________________________________________________ Sell on Yahoo! Auctions no fees. Bid on great items. http://auctions.yahoo.com/ To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
