--- In [email protected], "george" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > ...what is *most* offensive is the basic theory behind > > > what Maharishi is proposing, which is that the relative > > > world has the ability to prevent inner peace and enlight- > > > enment, and that the only real way to realize these goals > > > is to reshape the relative world. It's as far from the > > > eternal message of enlightenment as it is possible to get. > > i think in the early years maharishi wanted to first establish > what, for us, was new knowledge re the eternal message of > enlightenment and Absolute Being. For the sake of us > inexperienced westerners, he made the story black-and-white > to make it easier to take in. > > But now he is thinking that since we have been > meditating all these years, getting quite established in That. > so to speed things along he can introduce more complex > additional vedic approaches *in the relative* that support and > hasten the growth of Absolute, so, iow i think you are getting > yourself offended by a polarity that is not really there in truth, but > was good for introductory lessons.
But the "rightness" of those introductory lessons -- those simple truths and fundamental principles -- shouldn't have to be negated by these latest more "complex" additions to the teaching...they should complement the introductory lessons, not conflict with them. When one comes out with statements like: you need proper vastu or the world is going to fall apart then, yes, this does conflict with the original message. ------------------------ 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/
