"The world is as you are; live unbounded awareness" - Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. The first part works for everybody. The second part is the key to freedom.
Living enlightenment, liberation, silence, moksha, nirvana, samadhi, is not some drug, where everything is soothing and comfortable, all of the time. Nonetheless, it is living the ever growing fullness of life, in a context of knowledge and confidence. That is its own supreme reward. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "salyavin808" <fintlewoodlewix@...> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > Yesterday I was busy...uh...having a life, so I didn't bother to read > > > FFL at all. Instead I spent the day having fun with my family, and > > > having even more fun walking around and noticing how beautiful and > > > wonderful and ever-interesting in its ever-changeability life is. > > > > > > This morning, waiting for a little girl to come downstairs for her > > > Morning Mayamovies session with Uncle Barry, I played "catch up" a > > > little, and clicked through all of the posts made so far this new > > > "posting week." There were few surprises, and fewer comments made that I > > > felt any need to reply to. > > > > > > It was pretty much Business As Usual. The Frightened Four carried on as > > > usual, mainly "talking amongst themselves" because no one else seems > > > willing to interact with them, making a total of 30 posts between them > > > ragging on the same people they always rag on. To their credit, and > > > unusual for them, as a clique or a "gang" they also made a total of 18 > > > posts about some NON-ragging-on-another-person topic. Good for them. > > > > > > But the bottom line for me was that out of 88 posts there were only two > > > statements made that seemed to me worth commenting on. So I will. > > > > > > First was Nabby's mindbender on the topic of Where Is Maharishi Now That > > > He's...Uh...Dead And All. Disputing the idea that he's perched on some > > > cloud in Brahmaloka, aware of everything that's going on down here in > > > the world he left behind, Nabby said, "I was there when he said 'I will > > > never come back to this horrible place again.'" > > > > > > Now THAT is worth commenting on, because IMO it encapuslates and > > > explains pretty much everything that is wrong with Maharishi's > > > teachings, and what they have produced over the decades in his students. > > > Just THINK about the implications of this statement, if in fact he made > > > it. It would mean that Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, during his life, looked > > > around at the world around him and thought it was "horrible." > > > > > > > > That's right. Coming here, looking around he saw filthy, smelly, noisy > > fellows like yourself with mostly one thought in the head; how to get laid, > > stinking beer and whatnot, and thought "what a horrible place". > > > > I've often had the same thought. > > Aren't enlightened people supposed to experience the world as being > part of themselves? And like, totally blissful? > > I got that from Marshy y'know... >
