Re: [FairfieldLife] TM and Christianity: PBS feature

Thu, 11 Aug 2005 18:58:14 -0700

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I read this and I just want to commit suicide. I give up on this planet.
 
 
----- Original Message -----
From: kjdruhl
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 8:40 PM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] TM and Christianity: PBS feature

Dear friends,

let me just answer to some of your points:

On the issue of Christ being the only way:

That is not my "true believer's" idea, but it is what Christ is
teaching. It is not matter of "my way" or "your way", it is a matter
of God's way or man's way. Man's way does not work, never, no matter
what it is. The gulf between God and man is so great that only God
can bridge it. And He did.

Christ not only said that He is the way the truth and the life
(He "is", not He "knows"), He was also very outspoken about others
making such claims. He said they were thieves and robbers. He also
said that unless I partake of His nature, I have no life in myself,
that without Him I can do nothing, and so on. He said that He came
to save the world, not to condemn it. He implored people to come to
Him, and allow Him to carry their burdens. But He also said that in
the end He would judge everyone. Very clear words, they leave no
doubt about what He was talking about; that is if you care to read
them.

Now did He really say all this? This question actually came up
immediately after His resurrection and final ascent, as certain
people were trying to muddy the waters. Peter and John address it in
their apostolic letters to the churches, and make a strong point
that they were eye witnesses of all that happened, and of what He
said. They also fully support and authenticate the teachings of
Paul, who received direct revelation from Christ.

Now Peter and John certainly understood what Jesus was saying, and
they rendered it in Koine Greek, in the gospels and in their
letters. Koine Greek was the commonly shared language of the time,
very much as English is today, so the translation of these
scriptures is fairly well established. Recent discoveries of Greek
manuscripts from that period confirm that the Greek words in the
Bible were used in their commonly accepted meanings.

Sparaig made the point how could a simple natural relaxation
technique prevent me from receiving from God. Well, obviously it
couldn't. But TM is not a simple natural relaxation technique, far
from it. The TM mantras are seed mantras (bhijas) which establish a
connection between the presiding spirit and the practitioner. That
is not superstition, but it is the spiritual reality.

TM is based on the release of spiritual power. If it would be just
matter of keeping the mind restful and alert, why the instruction to
come immediately back to the mantra, once there is awareness of no
mantra no thought? Why then is it so important to select the mantra
carefully? Why do these supposedly "meaningless" words have such
powerful influence? No, let us realize that what Maharishi is
bringing out now is much closer to the truth than what is taught in
the intro lecture. Don't we all know that the true content of the
teaching is spoonfed, one little bit after the other, until you have
embraced spiritual concepts and practices that you would have never
entered into before.

If you want to embrace them, fine. Make your choice in freedom. But
don't deceive yourself into thinking that the ideas you are basing
your eternal destiny on are self-evident, or that they are
compatible with the teachings of Christ.

Sincerely

Kai





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