--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <sparaig@> 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. >
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