--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" <anartaxius@> > wrote: > > > > Now regarding that post with Lawson. I read Robin's post you > > referenced, and I generally agree with him on levitation not > > being a requirement for enlightenment. No tradition other > > than the TMO, and that one only recently, give that as a > > requirement. > > As did Maharishi *himself* in the early days of his teaching. > At Squaw Valley he explicitly warned against trying to learn > siddhis in any way, calling them "dangerous" and a distraction > along the path to enlightenment. > > TBs these days, devoid of long-term memory, don't want to > remember (or are incapable of remembering) that he completely > flip-flopped on this position as soon as he invented his > completely made up "TM sidhi program." Once he realized that > he could MAKE MONEY selling siddhis, all of what he had said > before went right out the window. And the sheep -- even the > ones who could remember what he had once taught -- ignored > the flip-flop completely and pretended things had always been > the way he was presenting them now. > > > And Mahahishi said, for example, Krishnamurti was too far > > gone in unity, and Krishnamurti never levitated, and was > > scornful of spiritual techniques en masse. So, how could > > Maharishi say that, if levitation were really a requirement, > > having made Krishnamurti an exception to such a rule? > > TBs similarly have a "blind spot" when it comes to Maharishi > contradicting himself. :-) > > > If I were to speculate on why he espoused such a requirement > > it would have to be either he wanted people to keep at the > > practice, or he was just using it as a way to get people to > > funnel money into the movement, or perhaps both. > > IMO, it was ALL ABOUT THE MONEY. The minute he realized that > Westerners were STOOOOPID enough to pay big bucks to learn > how to FLY ferchrissakes, he was willing to tell them anything > they wanted to hear as long as the money kept flowing in. And > then when nobody ever FLEW, he changed his tune again, and > tried to present the TM sidhis as something that one does > for the world (whirled peas, donchaknow?) instead of what it > was originally presented as, a way to learn how to FLY. > > It's the same flip-flop he danced to with regard to people > starting TM. Back when they were starting in droves, sheep > following celebrities like the Beatles and Merv, his whole > spiel was about getting as many people meditating as possible. > When they stopped coming to lectures, and stopped wanting to > learn, and the revenue from initiations dried up, suddenly > the sheer numbers of people meditating wasn't important any > more. All that was important was the number of people doing > the newest, bestest techniques (read, "the ones that brought > in the most money," the TM sidhis), and that small group > could bring about whirled peas. Yeah, right. > > But again, NO ONE NOTICED THE FLIP-FLOP. By then they had > become so indoctrinated to just accept anything he said, no > matter whether it directly contradicted what he'd said a few > years ago or not, that they just put the "old, out-of-date" > teachings out of their minds, and when asked could remember > nothing but the current sales spiel. Baaaaaaah. Run, sheep, > run.
You are very hard on the human race Barry. You are a member of that species. You belittle and scorn so much. You act as if the rest of humanity were the equivalent of ants in one of those ant farms they used to sell to kids back in the 60's. You squint down at the little creatures scurrying about, doing their daily business of trying to make a living- store food, tend to their queen, go about their segregated duties to ensure the nest remains viable. One day, when you lay dying, as we all will, I hope you will be able to look back on your life and what you contributed to this planet and be able to say to yourself you did the best you could despite the sneering, the judgemental dismissiveness, the cynicism. >
