--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Yes, because he was doing what he knew to be right, not > > > > > conforming to someone else's standards. Bevan? > > > > > > > > Whose standards is Bevan conforming to? > > > > > > Have you ever spent any time around Bevan? If you had, > > > I don't think you'd accuse him of having a mind of his > > > own. I have never encountered more of a Maharishi > > > toady in all my days in the TM movement. During the > > > time I knew him, the man could barely utter a sentence > > > without invoking the holy "Maharishisez" mantra. > > > > Sure, but that's Bevan's chosen function in life, is it not? > > It is his CHOSEN function in life. One doesn't have > to be a toady to do a good job serving a teacher. > > > Are you requiring all enlightened people to follow Jesus' > > dharma? Are crosses required also? > > Gaze upwards in this post and find where I have said > anything about the silly Jeezus stuff.
Actually you were responding to a comparison between Bevan and Jesus <choke>. The "he" in "He was doing what he knew to be right" referred to Jesus. > You won't find > it. That's your issue, or nitpick, not mine. > > I also haven't said anything about the question of whether > Bevan is enlightened or not, although I will. My feeling > is that if that bloated bag of personality-less wind is > enlightened, the entire centuries-long tradition of > enlightenment owes everyone who has ever believed in it > a big refund. And yet, when it comes to other supposedly enlightened people who appear to misbehave, you're one of the first to insist that behavior is not a criterion of enlightenment. (On the other hand, you've often insisted that being consistent is a function of ignorance. Except when you're defending yourself from the charge of holding double standards, of course.) ------------------------ 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/
