--- In [email protected], bbrigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" > <shempmcgurk@> wrote: > > > So, Spare Egg, would you agree that, at least according to MMY's > own > > words, that "going 100% against one's original meditation > teacher's > > teachings" is not necessarily a bad thing? > > > > Citation: > > > > May 24, 2003 Press Conference > > > > http://mou.org/media/replay.cgi > > > > > > Maharishi: What I have taught, because it has > > it's eternal authenticity in > > the vedic literature and you should know that, > > how many? 30 - 40 thousand > > teachers of TM I have trained and many of them > > have gone on their own and > > they may not call it Maharishi's TM but they are > > teaching it in some > > different name here and there. So there's a lot > > of these, artificial things > > are going on, doesn't matter, as long as the man > > is getting something useful > > to make his life better, we are satisfied. > > > ****************************** > > MMY is referring to the fact that some TM teachers are teaching > authentic TM under a different name or are simply on their own, not > affiliated with the movement. MMY is not suggesting that any old > type of meditation would be OK, but simply saying that if a teacher, > whether he reports to the movement or not, and whether it calls it > TM or not, who is actually teaching TM as instructed by MMY, is > giving out something useful, and MMY is satisfied with that.
Well, WOW, is all I can say to that. If THAT is what your interpretation of the above statement is (and, by the way, I reproduced it thanks to you: you are the one that posted it originally...I had it bookmarked) I think it is absolutely precedent-setting...and the implications are enormous! > > Bob Brigante > http://geocities.com/bbrigante/updates2006.html > ------------------------ 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/
