No, are looking at and talking about something else bigger here. Primary care providers with a degree in medicine, even Chopra, are more usually just different trades-people compared to saints.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon wrote: > > Paraphrasing Maharishi," a doctor doesn't need to be in good health to heal > others". > > > > > > --- In mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > This is a good answer, Mike. > > > > I wouldn't want to have to define "holy man" or "saint," so > > I wouldn't want to say what would disqualify him (or qualify > > him, for that matter) for being either. He wasn't a perfect > > human being, that's for sure. It's up to the individual to > > decide how much they want to hold his sins against him. > > > > > > Couldn't describe? Saints? Okay, if you won't stick your neck out at this > point I will for sake of the discussion here. We all know them when we see > them. Saints become described by their work. As spiritual people our saints > are those particular people who can help people spiritually and who > distinguish their life work that way. More than just doing good works and > different from folks [think Batgap.com] just being awake authors or spiritual > teachers out on the circuit but those being in the work of tangibly lending > spiritual transformation by interceding with healing for others of the > binding influences in the subtle bodies of the spiritual psycho-physical and > emotional samskara towards helping to free people of the binding influences > in their spiritual life on earth. Real saints, it's those particular > enlightened who can tangibly or manifestly heal people who are either > afflicted or ignorant in their spiritual lives. > -Buck > > > > > --- In mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon wrote: > > > > > > Yeah, he's still a holy man, just not as holy as most of us thought. The > > > Bible tells usÃÂ that all men fall short of the Glory of God. That means > > > that all men have and will sin. Maharishi was a man, not God. The Bible > > > also speaks of angels coming to earth and having sex with women. Veda > > > Vyasa had sex with an unmarried woman in a boat while crossing a river, > > > thus we have Shukadeva. Maharishi belongs on a pedestal, just not as high > > > as we might have thought. My thoughts are that M was a very high soul on > > > a mission and upon taking birth as a man, he did things men do. > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > From: Michael Jackson > > > To: "mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com" > > > Sent: Sunday, February 3, 2013 12:58 PM > > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Serious Question > > > > > > ÃÂ > > > > > > OK, serious question here to all those who have defended Maharishi as a > > > saint and true holy man. > > > > > > > > > How do you account for the stories that several of his former skin boys > > > have told about his sexual escapades? Mark Landau, Billy Clayton, Nedd > > > Wynn and others have told stories that are very similar as to what who > > > and when. > > > > > > Do you think they are all lying and if so why? Or do you honestly think > > > it is alright for a true holy man who always said he was a lifelong > > > celibate to have sex repeatedly and lie about having done so? > > > > > >