--- In [email protected], "wayback71" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- wayback71 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > This description brought back lots of memories of > > > "the old days" - I remember feeling the > > > same devotion, confidence that all's right with the > > > world (especially the TM world people), > > > the moment to moment pleasure, the sense of being so > > > blessed to be right there at the > > > most special place at the most special time, and the > > > utter magic of being in MMY's > > > environment. HIs darshan is so amazing, there is > > > just no denying it. Combine that > > > darshan with the ideas that are presented - you feel > > > as if you are right there on the cutting > > > edge of plans that will change the course of time. > > > It is heady stuff. Add into the mix the > > > good friends and really nice people.......when > > > things are going well around MMY and in the > > > individual nervous system, it is amazing. But, I > > > still don't understand how a person can > > > constantly align themselves and their feelings and > > > beliefs with MMY's and the TMO's. I > > > was unable to do that. > > > > I had the exact same reaction reading the post; how > > wonderful it is to bask in MMY's darshan and the > > excitement of all these wonderful plans to enlighten > > the world. How could anybody standup and say, > > "Maharishi, you're crazy!"? But once you leave that > > atmosphere and that darshan of the absolute, all the > > "point" values have a new context called "reality" and > > in that new context these plans become crazy. Such a > > massive disconnect between the darshan of MMY and his > > crazy plans and behaviors. > > Yep - that's it. I am glad I had those darshan experiences, > even tho the disconnect has been a struggle. Not sure what > it all adds up to cosmically, but it sure gives you a taste > of a huge range of possible experience!
The question from my point of view, 28 years away from it, is -- was it darshan or was it something else, something more occult? I don't have an answer to this question, because it really has been so long since I've been in Maharishi's presence, but I wonder about it sometimes. I tend to see what I call darshan as being devoid of intent. It's just light, dancing. When you are experiencing it, it doesn't feel as if the light wants you to do anything or believe anything. It's not asking you to dance with it. It's just dancing, for the fun of it. And then there is another kind of energy that one gets from some spiritual teachers, one that in my opinion has a more occult side to it. You get the feeling that the energy hitting you very *definitely* has an intent behind it. When you sit in this energy, you very *definitely* get the feeling that you are expected to do something and believe something. But it really has been over 28 years since I last saw Maharishi, and at that time I hadn't been exposed to a teaching that taught you to tell the difference between the two energies. So I really don't know which was going down with him. Personally, I never experienced a great deal of what I would call darshan with him, period. I definitely agree with the comments here this morning by those who did, however -- there was a certain swept-up-in-it-all-ness about being around him that was pretty fascinating, and still is. If others, having seen him more recently, have any comments to make, I for one would love to hear them. Unc ------------------------ 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/
