--- In [email protected], "Llundrub" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Did you ever have a girlfriend that knew that if she dug her nails in your ass as you were about to cum it would totally ruin the experience for you? > > > I read this and I just want to commit suicide. I give up on this planet. > Based on your analogy, I really understand that feeling. But my tendency is to just smile a little and go on my way....
JohnY > ----- Original Message ----- > From: kjdruhl > To: [email protected] > 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 > > > > > > To subscribe, send a message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Or go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > and click 'Join This Group!' > > > > SPONSORED LINKS Maharishi university of management Maharishi mahesh yogi Ramana maharshi > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > a.. Visit your group "FairfieldLife" on the web. > > b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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/
