--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, t3rinity <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > Ah, the familiar sound of the Judy Mantra: "If > > anyone heard anything different than I heard, > > or understands what Maharishi said differently than > > I do, they're wrong and I'm right." :-) :-) :-) > > > > It's nice to have a "reference standard," eh? :-) > > [Push button #2, Label: Judy] > > There are obviously more people who heard it differently than you, > especially when you didn't hear it at all.
Judy appeals to "Judy consensus" -- if she believes it, it's true. You are appealing more to "mass consensus" -- if enough people heard what I heard, it must be true. Either way, you're both asserting that you know the "truth." I was merely making a statement about how Maharishi presents knowledge *vs how other teachers I've met present knowledge*. Maharishi does *occasionally* remind people of the "knowledge is different in different states of consciousness" rap. But he does *not* do so all that often. *More* often, he presents the point of view he's talking about at the time as if it is Truth with a capital 'T.' And the TBs tend to repeat it and swing it like a club *as if* it were Truth with a capital 'T.' Other teachers I've met and interacted with aren't like that. They'll give a nice talk about how the universe appears from one particular point of view, and almost *always* end the talk with, "But this is only how the universe appears from such-and-such point of view; it is completely false from other points of view." At times, some of these teachers were fluid enough to start a talk by speaking from one point of view (state of consciousness) and describing how things looked "from there," and then segueing *in the same talk* into the completely opposite point of view, ending with how things looked from a different state of consciousnes. I always found that a much more honest way of presenting things than I found Maharishi's, that's all. These guys went the extra mile; Maharishi was lazy. ------------------------ 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/
