--- In [email protected], Vaj <vajradh...@...> wrote: > > > On Dec 23, 2009, at 12:55 PM, Rick Archer wrote: > > > One of his personal secretaries once told me that MMY ate and > > worked on stuff during those silences, but that he did so alone. I > > was in the room several times when he came out of silence, and at > > the time, his darshan seemed much more profound to me. It took him > > a couple of days to resume speaking at a normal volume. > > > > Yeah, I'm sure many of us heard many different stories. > > My favorite, and one that helped sustain my own illusion of Maharishi- > as-yogi was the story that he went into a darkened, temperature- > controlled room and was ritually wrapped in some cloth, and that he > entered a "continuum of silence" for days and days. Of course this > was back when I really fell for the "silence" polarity thing. Imagine > my disappointment when I found out it wasn't true! (well maybe he did > this at one time, but not from what I've heard!). It's interesting > the myths that are woven to preserve the fantasy. >
Chalk that up, Vaj, as another reason to hate TM, the TMO, and Maharishi! Oh, the injustice done to you, Vaj, that you carry around as a weight around your neck. Consciously and with full free choice you decided to join a cult, one that was largely of your own making. You could have stuck with just doing TM twice a day for 15 minutes without getting involved in the TMO. And guess what? You wouldn't have had much to complain about. But the above story-telling you engage in reveals much: firstly, it was just that: a story. Secondly, it had nothing to do with TM. Thirdly, when you found out it wasn't true, how the hell was that a reflection on TM, the TMO, or Maharishi when it was some cult member who told it to you and you -- who at the time was obviously steeped in the cult out of your own choosing -- chose to believe it. Fourthly, you then tell us it wasn't true to begin with...and that this is somehow demonstrating to everyone how morally corrupt the TMO is. Sorry but you make little sense.
