--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "Premanand Paul Mason" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Before you desparaige someone, check you got the right person. The > > author of the following is Jim Flanegan not me! > > > > > > Yes. Funny what a process that is- engaging with a guru, and > > coming > > > > to terms with who he or she is, vs who we want them to be. > > > > > > > > *Paradoxically* I never had the slightest inclination to be in > > > > Maharishi's physical presence. > > > > > > > > and *paradoxically* the only guru who lived up to my > expectations > > > > when I met him face to face was Brahmananda Saraswati aka Guru > > Dev > > > > (who was the only one I ever met face-to-face...). The > embodiment > > > of > > > > gentleness, love, friendliness, compassion and an absolute > pillar > > > of > > > > resolve, tenacity, steadfastness, and no compromise. > > > > > > > > > > Hey Paul, I mean Saul. > > > > > > > Was commenting on the comment. Paul, originally known as Saul, met > Jesus after his death, on the road to Damascus. Your name > coincidentally is Paul, but I was commenting on Jim Flanegan's > comment, regardless of how I mangled the quote attribution. > I don't know that story about Jesus, though I would recommend Kahlil Gibran's excellent book on Jesus- really brings him alive.
Speaking of death, Guru Dev was anything but dead when I met him! Just elsewhere... ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Ever feel sad or cry for no reason at all? Depression. Narrated by Kate Hudson. http://us.click.yahoo.com/YbEMxA/ubOLAA/d1hLAA/0NYolB/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/
