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--- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > <snip> > > > > As Llundrub pointed out yesterday, there is no > > > > acceptance of the perfection of the world as > > > > it is, only a compulsion to remake the world > > > > into the image of it his self dreams about. > > > > And the closer he gets to dying, the more he > > > > wants to make what a truly enlightened being > > > > would have realized is already perfect "more > > > > perfect," and the more money he needs to remake > > > > this already-perfect world in his own image. > > > > Strange, if you ask me... > > > > > > And as I responded to Llundrub yesterday: > > > > > > Maharishi was once asked why, if everything is > > > perfect just as it is, TMers were working so > > > hard to change things. > > > > > > MMY replied, "That too is perfect just as it is." > > > > And I'm certain that some people were as > > impressed by this platitude at the time it > > was originally spoken as you seem to be now. :-) > > > > Bottom line, in my opinion, is that Maharishi > > is in the business of "selling futures." > > > > Everything is in terms of some kind of payoff > > *in the future*. It started with "Just meditate > > and you'll be enlightened in the future." Then > > it progressed to "Add this 'advanced technique' > > to your daily meditation and you'll be enlight- > > ened sometime in the future." Then "Say these > > words in English, taken from a $3.95 paperback > > of the Yoga Sutras, and bounce on your butt > > and not only will you be enlightened in the > > future, but the world will be, too." > > > > Then "Take these pills and rub these oils on > > your body and good things will happen in the > > future." Then "Get rid of that terrible > > south-facing doorway and things will be better > > in the future." Now "Rebuild every building > > in the world to eliminate south-facing door- > > ways and the world will be enlightened. In > > the future, of course." > > > > The "payoff" is never Here And Now. The > > payoff is always sometime in the future. > > THAT is the single common denominator of > > everything Maharishi has ever taught and > > every "program" he has ever offered. > > > > And in my opinion, *that* was "perfect just > > as it was," because the vast majority of his > > students didn't really *want* any of these > > things -- enlightenment, world peace, what- > > ever -- in the Here And Now. They wanted to > > believe in the remote possibility of them, > > at some unspecified time in the future, while > > basically staying the same and never messing > > with the status quo of their lives. > > > > They got what they wanted. They got what > > they paid for. They're still waiting, after > > three or four decades, and all of these things > > are still "in the future" for them. > > > > Meanwhile, a few people got tired of waiting > > and focused on the Here And Now and they now > > experience enlightenment *in* the Here And Now, > > on a daily basis. Interestingly, these folks > > who have found in the present what Maharishi > > is still promising to the rest of his students > > as something nebulous that will only happen > > in the future are no longer welcome in his > > movement. > > > > And fascinatingly, when those who are experi- > > encing enlightenment in the Here And Now speak > > of it to fellow students who are still waiting, > > those who have spent decades waiting for it to > > happen for them in the future react by getting > > angry and petulant and offended and disbelieving. > > > > It's just the most fascinating phenomenon, > > as if those who are still waiting for the > > future believe that those who are no longer > > waiting did something *offensive* by actually > > finding and living what the waiters are still > > waiting for. Rather than being inspired that > > some live enlightenment in the Here And Now, > > they actually resent it. When those who are > > no longer waiting offer simple and practical > > and compassionate suggestions as to how the > > waiters could stop waiting, the waiters reject > > their advice completely and claim that the Here > > And Now folks are trying to run their lives and > > then they go back to waiting. > > > > It's just the weirdest spiritual scene I've > > ever run into. :-) > > > > On some level, all this waiting, all this > > avoidance of enlightenment as a Here And Now > > phenomenon may actually *be* "perfect just as it > > is." But it sure strikes me as a pretty silly, > > self-indulgent form of perfection. > > ...and one solution, Barry, to all this silliness is to just not do > TM... > > Oh, wait, you DON'T do TM, do you... > > So what's the problem? Do you want your money back for all the time > you seem to feel you wasted doing TM twice a day for 20 minutes each > time (longer, I guess, when you practised the sidhis)? > > Or do you feel you got something out of it? ------------------------ 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/
