--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Feb 9, 2006, at 6:26 AM, sparaig wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], Vaj <vajranatha@> wrote: > > > >> > >> > >> On Feb 8, 2006, at 7:32 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: > >> > >> > >>> That said, what about the question itself? > >>> Does *anyone* here know whether Maharishi > >>> spent more than a couple of years in his > >>> studies, whether he ever took exams, and > >>> thus whether widespread claims of him being > >>> a 'scientist' were ever true? > >>> > >> > >> Once I found out the claims that he only slept a couple of hours a > >> day were a lie, why should I believe anything else? > >> > > > > ? WHo says he did or did not? How would they know? > > Close proximity, maybe snoring. > > It's really just one of many many myths fostered by uncritical > acceptance. What's interesting to me is the pattern of accepting > claims as automatically true. Bottom line is charlatans are out there > and both have the same name: "teacher". >
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