--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Dec 22, 2005, at 11:24 AM, jim_flanegin wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> > >> > > <snip> Since basically what he "preaches" is Neoadvaita with a > > > >> little Patanjali and Kashmir Shaivism mixed in as well as Dharma > >> shastra, perhaps a clearer way to look at this one is does he teach > >> effective Advaita vedanta or does he follow "natural law", i.e. the > >> injunctions of the Dharma and Artha shastras? > >> > > > > Whatever your other opinions of Mr M may be, I find this insistence > > that he strictly adhere to one tradition or the other to be an odd > > thing. If he is in fact a seer, then wouldn't he be capable of > > cognizing his own teaching? > > > > So, better you should state flatly that he is a false seer, aka a > > bullsh*t artist, than to say he preaches a mix of this and that. > > > > Just as Buddha came out with his own unique teaching (which doubters > > could say was a corruption of Hinduism), Mr. M has come out with his. > > Otherwise we could be like snakes chasing our tails, constantly > > revealing the errors of seers who did not adhere strictly to past > > traditions. > > I don't feel he (or anyone else) should strictly adhere to tradition. > The point is: all the trads. mentioned possess a wonderful > cornucopia of proven methods to attain their goals--how do they > measure side by side? What's missing? Why? > Yes, always good questions of anything we are dedicated to. And whether or not it is meeting our expectations.
I personally haven't found anything lacking in my practice of TM, intellectually or experientially, so I am not sure what you are getting at. Though I can see that if your expectations are different you may be disappointed (by TM). ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Drugs Don't Discriminate. Get help for yourself or someone you know. http://us.click.yahoo.com/0I.OUB/ZbOLAA/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/
