--- In [email protected], Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > on 2/21/06 11:32 AM, authfriend at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > That's my impression too. The point isn't to absorb > > the teacher's qualities of *mind* but his/her qualities > > of *consciousness*. > > Yet when Maharishi described his attunement to Guru Dev, he referred > to his ability to anticipate his specific desires. Also, Maharishi > always expressed his wish for his followers to be "in tune with his > thinking." Also, in the Gita commentary, Maharishi talks about the > disciple putting aside his own ways of thinking and feeling, and > conforming to those of the master.
With regard to the first and third of these, I'd guess that the qualities-of-mind aspect is the *vehicle*, not the main event, of the process. The idea is to get the ego out of the way, neutralize it, so it doesn't interfere with attunement on the level of consciousness. With regard to the second, I'm not sure MMY was talking about personal guru-disciple relationships like what he had with Guru Dev, or that he thought of being in tune with his thinking as a means of development of consciousness per se. It seems to me for that to be the case, one would have to be in nearly constant personal contact with the master. I mean, any chief executive is going to want the people in his company to be in tune with his/her thinking. ------------------------ 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/
