--- In [email protected], Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on 8/18/05 11:04 AM, TurquoiseB at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> > >> But Maharishi encouraged this kind of thinking by teaching that an > >> enlightened man can do no wrong, and by insisting that people in > >> the movement attune themselves to "his thinking". > > > > I agree. > > > > And while I disagree strongly with the idea that the > > enlightened can do no wrong, I think there is a value > > in attuning oneself to their thinking. As long as > > one retains the ability to know when to "unattune." > > Agreed. I think it's possible to be devoted without abandoning one's > critical faculties. In fact, Maharishi talks about this in the Gita, > commenting on the verse about surrender balanced with intellectual inquiry.
Just for da record, the "can do no wrong" formula has to do with what's wrong on *Nature's* terms, not necessarily with what's wrong that we can detect with our critical faculties through intellectual inquiry--"Unfathomable is the course of action," and all that. Doesn't mean you shouldn't use your critical faculties, of course, just that you can't assume that what you perceive to be wrong thereby is also what is wrong in Nature's terms. You can't second-guess Nature, but you have to act regardless. ------------------------ 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/
