--- In [email protected], "Irmeli Mattsson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- jim_flanegin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > To be aware of someone like Maharishi, where such > > > snap judgements > > > are impossible, is refreshing. > > > > It stops the mind from positioning one's self in > > relation to MMY with a story about how "bad" or how > > "good" he is. For most of us these judgments have no > > practical impact because we have no day-to-day > > realtionship with MMY. If one was in daily contact > > with MMY it would be a lot more interesting. > > > **** > I find it very useful to analyse and criticize the behaviour of people > in position of power and control over others. We can thank many of the > advancements in our societies of this freedom of thought. Societies > where criticism of leaders is not allowed are much worse of. > Criticising MMY is no other than criticising the actions of any other > leader. The criticism may be misplaced, that is not the important > point here. Important is that people can criticise, when they don't > approve of someone's actions. > > Why are you so anxiously trying to prove criticism of MMY to be > somehow useless? Do you feel equally bad when Bush is criticised? Very > few are in a day to day contact with him. Do you think that only those > people who are in a daily basis working with him should be allowed to > criticise him? Or only such a criticism would be valid? > Anyone can say what they want about him. I have no personal involvement with Maharishi, nor any attachment to him, save through my daily practice of meditation. He has no negative impact on my life at all, so I refrain from criticizing him.
Quite honestly I learn more from just neutrally observing what is reported about him, and listening to him, than I do by engaging in discussions about whether it means this or that, or attaching myself to one opinion or another. So far, so good. ------------------------ 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/
