--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > This brings up an interesting question -- can one be > > > > > > enlightened and at the same time be a total toady? <snip to> > > > So you're suggesting Bevan is insincere in his > > > apparent devotion to MMY? > > > > I merely asked a theoretical question about the > > nature of enlightenment and whether it was con- > > sistent with toadyhood. > > > > It seems to me that enlightenment (which I think > > all of us agree is pretty much a useless term, > > but one we're stuck with) would be pretty wasted > > on a person who drew his or her primary sense of > > identity from the person of power, wealth or > > influence he or she had attached himself to. My > > feeling is that, because the universe is infinite, > > someone *could* possibly go that route, but it > > would be a lot like Sir Laurence Olivier becoming > > a fawning member of Ralph Macchio's "entourage" > > so that he could hang around with him all the time. :-) > > So Bhakti is impossible for someone who is not enlightened > (at least to CC), according to MMY, and is impossible for > someone who is, according to you.
I don't really understand your point. I said nothing about possibilities. I asked a question that I don't know the answer to. And for the record...I don't really much care about "according to MMY." That phrase has about as much value for me as "according to Joe Blow." I don't really hold Maharishi to be much of an authority about much. If you do, that's fine. I just said that I thought it would be pretty silly to get enlightened and then spend the rest of the incarnation being a toady. ------------------------ 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/
