--- lupidus108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- In [email protected], Peter > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > Welcome back Lups! Where you been, boyo? > > Just been throughly fed up at all the garbage in > here that's all :-) Well, come on in! There are a good number of tasty, fetid chunks of ofal to go around! Yummm! > > > > --- lupidus108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I was present when Maharishi talked about the > future > > > in terms of > > > teachers leaving him. He described two signs to > look > > > for: > > > 1) Strong verbal "devotion" to Guru Dev. > > > 2) Starting to use other pictures of Guru Dev > than > > > the one he choose > > > for Puja. > > > > > > It's already happening. > > > > > > Like everything else Maharishi has said will > happen, > > > in due time. > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], Peter > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > Nice post LB, you got it right. > > > > > > > > --- L B Shriver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I occasionally reflect on the fact that > > > Fairfield, > > > > > as a New World Kumbh Mela, would not > > > > > exist were it not for Maharishi—and, by > > > extension, > > > > > Guru Dev. > > > > > > > > > > While I concur that reverential regard for > > > either of > > > > > the two is not and should not be a > > > > > requirement for participation in this forum, > > > today I > > > > > feel inclined to make a few personal > > > > > remarks. > > > > > > > > > > Maharishi remains controversial; in the > world at > > > > > large, in the Movement, and on this list, > > > > > one finds a wide range of clinical > evaluations > > > and > > > > > gut level emotional responses. When I > > > > > traveled in India, I also found a wide range > of > > > > > attitudes where Maharishi was concerned, > > > > > but only the highest respect for Brahmananda > > > > > Saraswati. > > > > > > > > > > Brahmanandaji has never disappointed me. > Even > > > though > > > > > his teachings on the status of > > > > > women were somewhat disappointing in the > context > > > of > > > > > our perspective, they reflected his > > > > > tradition more than anything else. > Personally, I > > > > > believe his tradition was somewhat > > > > > corrupted in that area. (By the way, I offer > > > these > > > > > remarks not as an apologist for > > > > > Brahmanandaji, but to forestall the > necessity of > > > > > having to be reminded of it.) > > > > > > > > > > Brahmanadaji walked his talk. > > > > > > > > > > Whatever criticisms people have about > Maharishi, > > > > > without him it is unlikely that many of us > > > > > would ever have heard about Brahmanandaji. > In > > > the > > > > > big picture, without knowing what > > > > > kinds of tools and resources were available > to > > > Guru > > > > > Dev, I'm happy that Maharishi > > > > > undertook his mission, whatever his motives > may > > > have > > > > > been. Despite elements of the > > > > > Movement that in the past I have found > > > unappealing, > > > > > and which I continue to find > > > > > unappealing, I continue to sense Guru Dev's > > > presence > > > > > there also. > > > > > > > > > > Whatever our complaints about our own lives > or > > > about > > > > > the Movement, I think we can feel > > > > > some gratitude in knowing that a life like > that > > > of > > > > > Guru Dev has touched our own > > > > > existence, however distantly. > > > > > > > > > > Jai Guru Dev, > > > > > > > > > > L B S > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups > Sponsor > > > > > --------------------~--> > > > > > Dying to be thin? Anorexia. 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