--- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- 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.
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