--- In [email protected], Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Letter from Jon Kelly Kirkpatrick to the editor of the Fairfield Ledger, > August 11. If you feel inspired to write a letter to the editor in response > to this, send it to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Keep it under 500 > words. Include your real name and where you live. It doesn¹t have to be > Fairfield or even the US. > > To the editor: > Erik Gable¹s piece on the TM movement and Ammaji (sic) was good but missed a > few underlying points. When someone begins TM he is told what its > theoretical basis is. One can practice TM quite well without really > understanding that basis. However, if one really understands what Maharishi > is saying, one is left with just two possibilities. When someone claims > total knowledge as Maharishi has, it gives us a great epistemological > advantage. How can anyone claim total knowledge unless he either has it or > is a fake? Can you think of anything in between? If you consider saints, > none of less than the highest knowledge would claim to have it. (That, > apparently is the unexamined conclusion about Maharishi of many who claim to > respect him.) that leaves non-saints. But any non-saint who claimed to have > the highest knowledge would be a fake and evil. Hence, we have two choices. > Maharishi is either everything he says he is or he is a fake and evil. > Those who reject Maharishi as fake and evil at least show internal > consistency. Those who claim respect for Maharishi but seriously pursue > other gurus do not. One cannot respect someone who claims total knowledge > unless one believes he has it. Therefore, if one respects Maharishi one must > believe everything he says.
Gulp. "Total Knowledge" refers to Self, not some vast library of ready-made answers to all the world's questions. [...] > > - Jon Kelly Kirkpatrick, Fairfield A prime candidate for posting negative stuff about MMY on this newsgroup if I ever saw one. ------------------------ 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/
