> > Ahem. Rather than saying it again, I'll just point > to the post in which I suggested where MZ was at: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/280593 > > What's most fascinating to me -- other than the > hypnomania -- is how *dependent* MZ seems to be on > Maharishi. I get the honest feeling that if MMY's > memory magically disappeared from the world, and no > one knew what MZ was talking about when he invoked > the name "Maharishi," he wouldn't be able to think > of anything to say, or be able to find anyone to > listen to it if he could. He'd be just what he is > in real life, and frankly, no one much cares what > a substitute teacher thinks about anything.
Oooh nasty. I am not a sub tacher, but I work with a few. Like most of us, many have their own personal area of interest or passion. Some are downright interesting or creative, and use sub teaching to have a flexible life style so they can do other things than work. I have been stunned to hear some of the things they do in their free time - hike the App Trail, habitat for humnanity, big time bird watching, painting, major photography. Some are struggling mightily to get a bit of money so they can be at home when their kids are. Others are dealing with some personal fragility and don't want the responsibilitiy - at least for a few years - of their own classroom. Have a heart here, Barry. > > One thing you can say about Rick, and about Curtis, > and about a few others on this forum (including > yourself, Paligap), is that if their spiritual > teachers' memories were wiped from the record and > could no longer be meaningfully referenced, they'd > still probably have enough of a life to have some- > thing to say. I am not convinced that this is true > with any of the SEBs (and many of the non-enlightened > TM TBs) we've encountered on this forum. It's as if > their legends-in-their-own-minds "celebrity" was > completely dependent on associating themselves with > another "celebrity." > Honestly, Barry, I think most people on this forum don't derive any sense of status or sheen from their days with MMY. And I don't get that just about anyone here feels they are a legend in their own mind. Maybe it is just that I don't consider them anything more special than typical - and if they do, that is their problem and really out of touch.
