--- In [email protected], a_non_moose_ff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], Rick Archer <fairfieldlife@> > > wrote: > > > > > > on 3/21/06 11:31 PM, a_non_moose_ff at [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > > > > > > > > We were in long rounding and someone passed up a note with a > > question > > > > about bathing. They said a "teacher" had told them not to bath > > right > > > > after asanas or mediating so "when can we bath, since we are doing > > > > asanas or meditating all the time?" M. "hit the roof", "furious", > > > > paraphrasing -- "what teacher is telling you this?!!!!! I didn't > > give > > > > such instructions. Who is giving instructions counter to mine. > > You are > > > > rounding all the time. Of course you will be bathing sometimes > > after > > > > TM or asanas. Who told you not to do this???? " > > > > > > He mentioned this often on early courses. He said bathing would > > wash the > > > ojas off the skin. What bothers me about this account is that he > > would often > > > get so furious over trivial things. Something abnormal about that > > IMO. > > > > > > > Unstressing? > > > I didn't take it as abnormal or unstressing. He was making a point. > And in my mind, the point stuck -- quite deeply. He is an effective > point maker. > > I have seen him do this on various occaisons. It has occured to me > that sometimes the "pretext" or trigger may not be a real or current > concern, but he makes up something as an example to make a broader point. > > Remember, this is the guy who used to chase after workers at the > Rishikesh ashram with a big stick of wood. Would he actually have > struck them? I don't think so. Did he make an emphatic point the > workers did not soon forget? I think so.
I never heard about the big stick before reading it on this forum, but someone once told a similar story from Rishikesh where he lit into a group of lazy workers screaming in Hindi that needed no translation. When he returned, someone said: "But Maharishi, you've always told us to speak sweetly and gently with people." His response was: "Yes but you must speak to them in a language that they can understand." ------------------------ 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/
