But what did YOU think of him, Vaj? What was your own individualized perception and experience of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi? You will never tell us this.
But that said: Let us not start fighting here. :-) I respect your family's apprehension of MMY. I know of persons (whose judgment I trust) who have gone a lot further than the derogatory remarks you have made about Maharishi. I am only interested in encountering honestly the experience he engenders in me, and why. I consider Share Long's response to that video normal and appropriate. Now you be nice to me, and I will endeavour to be nice to you. :-) Robin --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajradhatu@...> wrote: > > > On Jul 18, 2012, at 8:52 AM, Robin Carlsen wrote: > > > Now this leaves open the question, then, of Maharishi's actual > > status independently of TM (and everything else that was added to > > this over time). Are there personsnot Indian saints in the > > Himalayasthe saints in Rishikesh paid tribute to him in the late > > sixtiesunanimously; they knew and apprehended him as a person > > fully realizednot to say dazzling and wonderful to behold and > > communicate withAre there persons in the world who could view this > > video and recognize this was the most impressive human being of our > > lifetime? I am interested in this question, Share, because when I > > was loving Maharishi with the entirety of my being I would play > > vidoes of Maharishi to my non-TM friends, and I was alway shocked > > at their very mild and unspectacular experience of him. *I could > > not understand this*. > > > You seem to get easily bowled over by many things Robin. My family > saw him as a con man in disguise - and guess what? They turned out to > be right. What I see when I see Maharishi photos or videos I see an > extremely clever and cunning individual who, probably because he was > raised in significant poverty was driven to succeed no matter what or > no matter who tried to get in his way. He had the intelligence and > the ambition to be a successful CEO, and that's just what he became. > > > And, just to remind you, he gave me everything he promised. But I > > want to focus on him, the person. I believe there must be at least > > one person in the worldI assume more than one personwho really > > *knew* Maharishi in terms of what he represented as a member of the > > Holy Tradition, > > > > Perhaps you need to read up on the topic - but Mahesh was never a > part of the Holy Tradition, sorry, even he's acknowledged this. Truth > be told, he would be more likely considered an Asuriac guru by most > Hindu definitions. Perhaps he's what you at one time would have > called a "demonic guru"? > > > in being a true Master, in being a person in a state of Vedic > > grace, in terms of being the smartest, wittiest, wisest, and more > > discerning person alive. No book has been written about Maharishi > > which even comes close to describing who he was as a man, as a > > human being, as a Master. I wait for such an account of Maharishi. > > > > If it was an honest account, I doubt it would be anywhere near your > rose-colored portrait. If anything, time has revealed the man behind > the mask, while you (and many others) still seem strangely fixated on > the mask...kinda funny, but kinda sad at the same time. >
