--- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- 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. >
**** That is a good position to be in. I had that kind of position in relation to TMO and MMY for almost 30 years, just observing them and keeping a certain distance. I very seldom expressed my critical thoughts aloud. That made possible for me to learn many things through that organization. This silence didn't make critical thoughts go away though. All that happened was that I talked less with TMO people and rarely engaged with them in serious discussions. I just talked with them about safer topics like food, health, weather etc. Irmeli ------------------------ 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/
