--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- In [email protected], "Irmeli Mattsson" 
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
> wrote:
> > > --- In [email protected], "Llundrub" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
> > > wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > I just flat out hate his guts.
> > > 
> > > I don't.  The crazier he gets in the last days of his
> > > life, the more I miss the person who seem genuinely
> > > happy teaching individuals to meditate in the early 
> > > days.  The more grandiose and irrational his dying
> > > schemes, the sadder I feel for the loss of the Maha-
> > > rishi who was once happy teaching basic meditation
> > > to basic people.  The more he sets up horrible karmas
> > > for himself in the Bardo, the sorrier for him I feel,
> > > and the sadder I feel for the lost opportunities he
> > > squandered by feeding his own ego.
> > > 
> > > Maharishi isn't to be hated; he's to be pitied.
> > > 
> > > And even now he can still be useful to the spiritual
> > > seeker as a living lesson in how not to make the same 
> > > mistakes in our own lives.  
> > > 
> > > For the latter, we can and should still be grateful.
> > 
> > 
> > ****
> > I don't even pity MMY. When I try to figure out my feelings towards
> > him, the result is blank.
> > 
> > But intellectually I like to analyse his behaviour and I can see him
> > to fulfil  an important function as a conman gone crazy. He has
> > deserved that important role. It is vital to understand that even
> > `enlightened' people can behave like that. Especially those we can 
> see
> > as enlightened often do. When they are driven to expose the other 
> side
> > of themselves , there is nothing to pity about. I have seen this
> > happen elsewhere too and it makes me feel that there is deep justice
> > in Nature's functioning that helps us or forces us to evolve.
> > 
> > We freemasons consider it to be the worst kind of humiliation to be
> > rejected as a morally and ethically untrustworthy person.
> > 
> > Irmeli
> 
> And you're certain that MMY fits this description?

***
Why not?

Irmeli




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