--- In [email protected], Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > jim_flanegin wrote: > > >--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>On Nov 10, 2005, at 12:28 PM, Peter wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>Rick, thanks for posting the files. I love the MMY and > >>>Nandkishore story. It reminds me of the story of one > >>>time MMY was at MIU in a small meeting and suddenly he > >>>turned to the woman assigned to take notes and asked > >>>her to explain how she was taking notes. She described > >>>to him what she was doing and he angerly said, who > >>>told you to do it that way? She replied, you did! MMY > >>>said he had not told her to do anything like that at > >>>all. She insisted that he had and he kept on saying he > >>>had not. She was finally on the verge of tears and she > >>>gave up and said that he hadn't told her to do that > >>>way. MMY said, very good and told her to continue > >>>doing it the way he had told her, just as she had > >>>described. > >>> > >>> > >>This is very interesting, esp. given the recent discussion on > >>questionable research. What would a researcher, who was a die- > >> > >> > >hard > > > > > >>student, do if they were told by their teacher "this is the way > >> > >> > >it > > > > > >>is", even though it contradicted their findings...? Very > >> > >> > >interesting. > > > > > >If I saw them as my teacher, I'd give up on the teacher. If I saw > >them as my Master, I'd adjust my thinking. > > > > > > > Master is supposed to mean expert on the path or school of thought you > are pursuing not someone who has control over you. The latter seems to > be a western idea. > I no longer give credence to the idea of a Master as one with control over me, however if the path a person is following is comprehensive enough, say a seeker looking for the meaning of life for example, then the believed master of such a path would de facto have control over the follower, because the application of the subject matter, i.e. the meaning of life, would apply to every facet of the follower's life.
So when I said what I said about Master vs teacher, I was reserving the role of a teacher to something less all encompassing than the so- called spiritual journey. ------------------------ 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/
