--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 8/25/05 12:57 PM, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > With all the craziness in the TMO over the past 20 years, I have > > concluded that the purpose of all the madness is just that: MMY > > wants us to be our own masters because to follow the silliness > > that's coming out of the TMO is completely irrational. So the only > > conclusion reasonable people must come up with is: ditch it all and > > follow your own heart. > > The only problem with that is MMY has not given the tools for mastery of > anything--he's only conditioned people that his overpriced techniques can > provide his definition of enlightenment (which they are conditioned to > believe provide such mastery).
I disagree. For years, it was just: "20 minutes twice a day and then go out into the market place and live your life according to your own common sense, culture and traditions". It was those around him that kept asking him: "Yes, that's all fine and good, Maharishi, but when are we going to get the real, secret knowledge?" And for years he kept saying: "there IS no secret knowledge; this is it: TM. That's all you need." And those around him kept saying: "Sure, right, wink, wink, nudge, nudge...but when do we get the really GOOD stuff, Maharishi?" And he kept repeating over and over and over again: this is it, you've got it all: TM...and those around him kept asking for the real stuff. Well, I think the True Believers (an oxymoron if ever there was one) around MMY finally wore him down and so he said: they aren't listening to me. They want "the real stuff"? Okay, I guess I have to give them "the real stuff"...and so off we went with sidhis, architecture, candy bars, honey, political parties, etc. I believe -- like Dorothy in the Wizard of OZ who always had the ability to get back to Kansas anytime she wanted -- we have always had the tools that you mention, only we've never wanted to use them and to break free of our own self-imposed "we are followers of Maharishi and we'll do whatever he wants us to" mindset. I don't think MMY wanted that kind of relationship with the thousands of "followers" in the TMO, only a select few. So we do have the tools ------------------------ 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/
