--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- In [email protected], Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > --- Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > How do you reconcile the fact, which was mentioned > > > > on here in some > > > > detail, that M. sleeps a full eight hours or more > > > > and the fact that > > > > enlightened beings require little sleep? There are > > > > numerous other > > > > items which would bring into question M.'s > > > > "enlightenment". > > > > > > > > So the story goes. > > > > > > MMY is fully enlightened, no doubt about it, 100% > > > true. Nothing in the relative indicates anything > > > regarding enlightenment. All mind games and ego > > > positions. Vaj, have you ever interacted with MMY > > > personally? > > > > I'm not sure what your point is, Doc. I've > > interacted with Maharishi many times, and > > based on those interactions I would never > > be tempted to assume that he is enlightened. > > Except in the sense that we all are enlightened, > of course. :-) > I suspect Maharishi is enlightened. I have never met him, and many of his techniques and teaching methods aren't fool-proof, nor any evidence necessarily of his enlightenment.
Nonetheless, his interest in, his goal of enlightening the world, and my intuition lead me to believe that he is enlightened. And that, and $4 will buy you a big cup of coffee... By that I mean, it is really, really unimportant imo whether the man is enlightened, or not. Doesn't necessarily inform his skill as a teacher- just makes him a magnetic personality and drives his interest in the subject. In other words, it is impossible to determine through his teaching methods or his actions whether he is enlightened. And his teaching approach has absolutely no association with his state of consciousness. The whole issue is a bit of a yawn at this point. Lots of tamas associated with it. ------------------------ 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/
