--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> > > wrote: > > > > > > I'm still not clear as to whether you are judging > > > how well the person is following his/her own internal > > > "ethics," or whether the person is following *your* > > > own internal "ethics." > > > > I understand. Life's a bitch sometimes, isn't it? :-) > > > > Intuition is one of those "Been there, done that, > > got the T-shirt" kinda things. You can't *explain* > > the T-shirt to someone else, and they can't wear > > your T-shirt. They've got to find their own, and > > the only way to do that is to go there and do that. > > > > If you "wear the T-shirt" and most (nigh unto 95%) > > of the decisions you make while "wearing" it seem > > to work out well -- both for you and for those you > > interact with -- then you come to trust it. You > > certainly trust it more than following guidelines > > and 'standards' that provide at best a 50% ROI. > > OF course, perhaps MMY is relying on his own trustworthy > judgement that just doesn't seem that trustworthy to others...
Do you honestly believe that Maharishi would say that 90 to 95% of the predictions he has made and pronouncements he has made and plans he has announced based on his "trustworthy judgment" have come to pass? *That* was the criterion in my post that I feel is most important. It's not the "feeling of certainty" about one's intuitions that is important (although that can be an indicator of something to pay attention to). It's *how many* of these intuitions turn out to be *correct* over time. If *most* of them turn out to be correct, one's intuition can pretty safely be trusted. If only 50% of them turn out to be correct, then you could achieve the same result by flipping a coin. And if very, very, very *few* of one's intuitive announcements, plans, and pronouncements ever turn out to be correct (as almost anyone sane has to admit is the case with Maharishi), then I suggest he could do *better* by flipping a coin than he does by relying on his "trustworthy judgment." :-) The "track record" is just not there for anyone to trust his intuition or judgment. I would suggest that it doesn't seem to work very well. ------------------------ 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/
