On 8/21/2014 7:23 AM, Michael Jackson [email protected]
[FairfieldLife] wrote:
what a huge and disgusting joke coming from the guy who was CONSTANTLY
begging for money - a billions bucks for world peace, even. What an
ass and a con artist he was.
>
You really told off Dick Mays! But, how much money have you contributed
toward world peace? Just be honest.
>
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*From:* "Dick Mays [email protected] [FairfieldLife]"
<[email protected]>
*To:* [email protected]
*Sent:* Thursday, August 21, 2014 8:07 AM
*Subject:* [FairfieldLife] 8/21-Maharishi: We are bound by the
non-awareness of the Unbounded not by material possessions
*Forwarded from: *David Hooper <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>
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**8/21/14-Maharishi: We are bound by the non-awareness of the
Unbounded not by material possessions*
QUESTION: "I understand that in the third state of consciousness
[waking] we are bound by the effects of our actions and our material
possessions. My question is: do material possessions, material
ownership, wealth, inhibit our...."
MAHARISHI: "Let me remark at this point, at this stage of your
question. We are not bound by material possessions EVER. We are bound
by the non-awareness of the Unbounded. As long as we are not aware of
the Unbounded, we are bound by EVERYTHING.
We are not bound by our material possessions. Material possessions
don't bind us. What they do is liberate us from the pangs of
unfulfilled desires. Our desire is to get this and this and this, and
then if we don't get, we feel miserable. Whatever we have, that is a
solace to us in that misery. Material possessions are not a means of
bondage. If anything they are a source of solace in our weakness. They
do not bind us. If anything, they are a source of solace, contentment,
happiness, joy, peace.
Possessions will always be a means of joyfulness. It is the
non-possessions that bind us in the craving to get them. Do you see
the point? It is something that we don't possess, that non-possession
binds us in the craving to possess it. Possessions are not a bondage.
They are a means of joy, happiness.
What is bondage? Lack of awareness of the Unbounded. That means:
ignorance, ignorance of our unbounded nature, ignorance that the Self
within is unbounded, eternal, infinite, absolute, bliss. Lack of
knowledge about this is ignorance, and this ignorance is a bondage to
us. Material possessions are never a bondage. They are a means of
happiness."
~"Growth of Consciousness" (Videotape) -- August 1970~
~Humboldt State University, Arcata, USA~
Jai Guru Dev
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