I recall a story Lucy Lediaev to our science of creative intelligence class of Maharishi rushing to catch a plane. Because he was late he told his driver to run the red lights on the way to the airport. His entourage trailed further and further behind him because they couldn't just plow through the intersections with impunity.
We heard this story with laughter and amazement at how cool it would be to be enlightened. In enlightenment, we would operate outside of the normal restrictions of life. Spontaneous right action! Support of all the laws of nature! I suppose it was simply a few incremental steps to graduate from running lights to smuggling money. Perhaps the correct answer to the question, "Would you smuggle these funds to Switzerland?" is, "I may when I'm enlightened, but right now it wouldn't be right." Speaking of laws of nature, most of us have probably experienced how, once we learn the rules of something, we gain the ability to break them and get a way with it. In fact, most creative breakthroughs result from the intelligent breaking of a rule. Some of your best writing may have come from breaking some rule of grammar. I'll bet many of you programmers have broken some custom in the world of coding to create truly elegant code. It doesn't seem unrealistic to me that someone would master living to the point that he breaks its rules and comes out ahead. It may indeed be hard to differentiate between the behavior of an enlightened person and a person with mental illness. I guess the lesson is, Be careful. The person you think is enlightened may be nuts, and either way, you may not be able to keep up. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <fairfieldlife@> > > wrote: > > > on 2/3/06 5:49 PM, TurquoiseB at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > > > Even then (mid-70s), they had convinced themselves > > > > that they were so "in tune" with "Natural Law" that > > > > they had the right to violate actual law. > > > > > > I often got the feeling from Maharishi, and recent speeches > > > seem to reflect this, that he didn't have much respect for > > > the level of intelligence that formulated man-made laws. > > > He considered man-made laws legitimate and worthy > > > of his obedience to the degree that they conformed to > > > Natural Law, and he considered his own desires and intentions > > > to be a perfect expression of Natural Law. Thus, if a man- > > > made law didn't jibe with his desire, he considered it a > > > misguided hindrance to his higher purpose and had no qualms > > > about violating it. > > > > A perfectly valid attitude for someone enlightened... > > Is it? Or were you just *taught* that, by example? > > Such behavior is, after all, *also* seen in megalo- > maniacs and in people with extreme narcissism. Is > it "valid" in their cases? I'd really like to hear > your answer to that question. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/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/
