-- In [email protected], "curtisdeltablues" <curtisdeltabl...@...> wrote: > > When I bought into Maharishi's deal I was 16 years old. I was recruited > right in my own private high school, with the adults asleep at the wheel. So > given the naivete of youth, I have nothing to be ashamed of. And in the big > picture of my recreational options at the time I am grateful for the > clean-cut version Maharishi offered me, despite the snake oil promises. He > fulfilled some needs for me at that stage of my life and I am grateful. So > you are mischaracterizing my position in what you are calling my complaint. > > Maharishi IMO is wrong about human consciousness. And so is Jerry. They are > preaching an old way of thinking that is the equivalent of taking a fairy > tale seriously and literally. They are inflating the nature of the mental > changes meditation brings into a claim that it allows you to understand the > ultimate reality of life. This ridiculously inflated claim is bogus. > > So it isn't a question of being "wiser" than anyone to notice this. Most of > the people in the world (with the exception of a tiny, tiny, diminishing > group) have come to the same conclusion about Maharishi. The term wisdom > should have a higher bar than recognizing a Hindu Televangelist just as > someone shouldn't be praised for rejecting a guy like Benny Hinn. It isn't > that deep or that subtle.
Curtis: IMO one of the better and more self reflective posts I have seen here, thanks for that.
