> > > > > >> 'Failure' - Death causes Rebirth > > > > > > I don't get it; death will always cause rebirth. Why is > > > > > > that a failure? > > > > > > > > > > When asked about reincarnation, Maharishi used to say, "I'm > > > > > opposed to it." > > > > > > > > And, "Its for the ignorant." > > > > > > Or for Bodhisattvas, who care more about other sentient > > > beings than they do about dwelling in eternal bliss, a > > > concept that seems to have escaped Maharishi completely. > > > > Bodhisattvas, don't dwell in eternal bliss, regardless? > > They undoubtedly do, just not in "drop returns to the > ocean" mode. More like "work your ass off for the people > incarnation after incarnation while dwelling in eternal > bliss (or not...what does it matter if your intent is > to help people) mode."
Think of the film "Amélie," or as it is really called, "Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain." Amélie Poulain is a Bodhisattva. But in this particular incarnation, she doesn't know it. She's born in the suburbs of Paris instead of the suburbs of Lhasa. And even though she is clearly unique and gifted in her youth, no one in France has been trained to recognize a tulku when one sees one, so she is raised in repression. The repression sticks. She grows up wanting to do good, wanting to help her fellow man, but so shy and introverted that she doesn't know how. And then one day everything changes, and she discovers a way to do good in her own quirky Way. And nothing is ever the same in the world again. She didn't emerge from the womb *aware* of her destiny as a Bodhisattva, or the desire in the previous incarnation that caused her to become a Bodhisattva. She emerged as blessedly ignorant of her past as we all do. But even with the lack of support in the environment (not being recognized as a tulku and whisked off to a monastery to take up her training where she last left it), her inner nature is not to be denied. She *has* to help people. *That* is the thing that drives her, incarnation after incarnation. That is what *causes* incarnation after incarnation for her. Amélie Poulain *gets off* on helping people. That's just what she is. That is who she is. Helping other people is more important to her than being happy or blissful herself. And as a result, in every incarnation, she ends up blissfully happy. ------------------------ 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/
