--- shempmcgurk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
snip > > > I've always felt that much of the craziness > emanating from the TMO > over the past 25 years came about because the people > around MMY > didn't reign him in when these ideas came out of his > mouth. > > I haven't been around MMY enough to know the > dynamics of the > relationship he had with them -- so the following is > just > speculation on my part -- but I suspect that in the > days when Jarvis > and Lutes were around that they held him in check. > Nowadays, there > are cult nutcases around him who either encourage > his every whim or > are too caught up in the > Maharishi-is-possessed-of-papal- > infallibility so that they never question him or > hold him in check > when these ideas come up. I agree with this and want to add even more. On my TTC (LaAntilla, 1972) somebody got up and expressed discomfort regarding bowing down to Guru Dev at the end of the puja because they were Jewish. He was sincerely asking MMY for an understanding that would resolve this conflict. MMY's initial response was to blow the guy off. He made jokes and even said that we sin and violate our religion every day, what's one more sin (!). But they guy would not accept any of MMY's answers and would not budge, not out of arrogance but out of complete sincerity and faith in MMY's ability to answer this question. The guy started to cry but wouldn't back off at all. It got really intense with the guy crying and MMY just blowing him off and laughing. All the lights even went off for awhile. When it became clear that the guy was not going to budge, at all, MMY suddenly shifted and said, "Alright" and gave this amazing talk about Guru Dev, bowing down, the puja and God. It was incredibly powerful and resolved, for this guy, any conflict he had. When MMY finished talking the guy asked if the tape of their conversation could be played for every TTC. MMY said, "No. When you dig for water and get oil, you will not appreciate it and just through it away." I wonder what would happen today if someone dug for oil with MMY out of complete and total sincerity and would not budge one inch until their conflict was resolved? I think MMY is surrounded by water drillers and he resonds in like. > > > > > 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] > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.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/
