--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote: > > Reading the meltdowns of the last few days, it has become clear to me > why I don't "fit in" here at Fairfield Life. > > I am not important. > > It seems as if most others here (with a few exceptions) believe that > they *are* important. > > They are important because they once studied with (even if they never > met him and only saw him on videotape) The Most Important Spiritual > Teacher Since Jesus. > > They are important because they are the authorities on someone who posts > here that they never met, but they're authorities on him, because they > believe what he says about himself. Just as they were the authorities > about another person who posted here, and whom they also never met, > because they *disbelieved* what *he* said about himself. > > They are important because they know "the truth" about things and no one > else does. > > They are important because they believe they can express this "truth" > better than anyone else. > > They are important because *they* are saving the world through their > meditations and through the thud of their butts on slabs of foam. > > They are SO important that they believe others should -- nay *must* -- > focus on them and argue with them and talk about them non-stop. To do > otherwise is to somehow imply that they are *not* important, and > that's...uh...BAD, because it just can't be true. They *have* to be > important, because they believe they are. > > Call me crazy, but it is with a sigh of relief that I say I am not > important. Nothing I say here matters a damn. In a few decades no one > will remember a word I said, or even my name. Except for a handful of > close friends, it will be as if I had never existed. > > Call me even crazier, but I suggest that this is true of literally > everyone else who posts to or reads this forum. They are NOT important. > In a few decades no one will even remember that they existed. And this > applies to Maharishi as well. > > And that's the way things should be. > > A humble person would have no problem accepting the truth of this, and > even celebrating it. > > Egos -- those entities that consider their selves and what those selves > believe to be important -- are insulted or affronted by the suggestion > that they are not important. They rant and rant and try to deny this > obvious truth, and pretend that they are, in fact, important. Not just > important, but IMPORTANT, damnit. > > The universe laughs at them, and is already in the process of forgetting > them. It knows that they are as ephemeral as falling leaves in autumn, > and no more "important" than any of those leaves. Soon they will be > dust, and the universe will blow even that away. How important will they > be then, eh? > Everyone is important with something to say... I'm not sure why you're so upset?
I met Maharishi several times, and found him to be loving and clear and one of the most unique individuals I've ever met... I believe that mediation helps the individual and the enviornment... I have experienced thouse things myself... I'm not sure why you are so down on Maharishi and TM and about your time in the Movement... Just because your path, caused you to move on, doesn't mean everyone else should walk your path... Everyone has their own path to walk... If I were you, I would work on forgiving Maharishi for whatever you percieve he did to you... And forgive yourself, for wasting so much time...trashinjg Maharishi and the TM movement and the notion that we are somehow all connected... Jai Guru Dev Robert
