--- In [email protected], turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote: Snip > While all of this is true, there is another paradigm > in place now. "Not only is what Maharishi taught during > his lifetime the best, highest, whateverest teaching > ever, *it's all you ever need to learn*." > > There will never be any new "teachings" of techniques > from the TMO. And everyone knows it. > > There is no one that anyone would trust to come up with > anything new.
The highest ideal of education achieved: STOP LEARNING! > > --- In [email protected], "curtisdeltablues" <curtisdeltablues@> > wrote: > > > > MIU anti-saint? WTF! > > > > Let's recap the "teaching". All humans have an innate > > capacity to reach the ground of all being, the home of > > all the laws of nature, the source of thought, the Self > > in a simple natural, innocent way. Through repeated > > exposure to this level of life alternated by activity > > consisting of speaking in a soft lilting voice and > > eating mountains of celebration cake ... > > :-) > > > ...you stabilize this state of consciousness into a > > permanent state where you are functioning according to > > all the laws spontaneously due to the need of the time > > or in accordance with the dictates of movement lawyers. > > > > But if you claim to have gotten there some other way > > than TM then you are to be shunned? Even if you claim > > to have gotten there through TM you can't put out a > > shingle that says "I know some stuff you really aught > > to know, but Maharishi didn't have time to lay on us" > > you are gunna get in trouuuuuuble. > > > > Sometimes I wonder if the movement believes its own rap. > > > > This suspicion of any other system based on the implied > > arrogance of TM being the best, highest, whateverest > > technique was totally pervasive when I taught. > > While all of this is true, there is another paradigm > in place now. "Not only is what Maharishi taught during > his lifetime the best, highest, whateverest teaching > ever, *it's all you ever need to learn*." > > There will never be any new "teachings" of techniques > from the TMO. And everyone knows it. > > There is no one that anyone would trust to come up with > anything new. > > So this new paradigm becomes a default. You have to > somehow sell the existing TBs on believing it, and on > continuing to believe it for the rest of their lives, > otherwise you risk them going to "other vendors" to > supplement what they learned from Maharishi. > > Can't have that. > > And since no one in the TMO has the believability or > charisma to sell *that*, even to the TBs, they resort > to punishment instead. Make it a "mortal sin" (punish- > able by excommunication) to visit other vendors. Come > up with a dogma that suggests that not only is it Off > The Program to "cheat" on Maharishi by "seeing other > teachers," it's somehow an insult to his memory, even > though he's...uh...dead. > > The bottom line of this policy is, "We have nothing > more we can teach you. We will *never* have anything > more we can teach you, because the source of our > teachings is now pushing up lotuses in the Ganges. > But we will punish you severely if you dare to visit > anyone who *does* have anything new they can teach > you." >
