Mahesh was, probably still in, a clever manipulator of words. If you follow him (his talks) over time, you will notice that he seems to pick up more information as he goes -or- as time passed he became more confident in talking about the things he had learned. Anyone who has been on TTC or ATR with him has probably noticed the wannabe's in the crowd who undertake to teach him something. This, certainly, is something all teachers suffer from, of course; but in Mahesh's case it was quite the bonus, like some professor using his students to do research for him.
The longer Mahesh traveled, the more he learned. One of the things he learned is that his own clever way of manipulating words was a real crowd pleaser. He was hardly above dissing the "opposition" ... so whether or not he knew anything about reincarnation, for example, or bodhisattvas, it was to his advantage to appear "superior" to such things! An old-timer at a.m.t. used to say that watching the back-and-forth at a.m.t. was fascinating, like watching a train-wreck! Mahesh turned his whole "movement" into a fascinating train-wreck. Someone asked him, once, about all the gang killings in a certain huge city. He quipped: the criminals and killing the criminals ... and then laughed! I didn't before then know that killing was funny. Now, on reflection, I recognize the likelihood that he was simply laughing at his own cleverness; narcissists are like that. G --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ingegerd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > >> '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. > > It seems that MMY in the first years in the West, he would not talk > about reincarnation, maybe because he did not want "Deep Meditation" > to be related to Hinduism as a religion. Now he do not care about > that - he also refer to reincarnation. I have heard him say something > like that:"if you do a mistake in this life, don't worry, you have a > second chance in the next life." > Ingegerd > > > > ------------------------ 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/
