--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> > wrote: > > > > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> > wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB > <no_reply@> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > An elitist superstition codified > > > > > > > is no less of an elitist superstition. > > > > > > > > > > > > Note that he justifies his own non-Shankaracharya-hood > > > > > > based on the Jyotish chart... > > > > > > > > > > I don't think I get your point, if you had one. > > > > > > > > > > Seems to me that to claim that caste is based > > > > > on one's Jyotish chart (it's not...it's based > > > > > on the caste of the birth parents) is a way to > > > > > claim that one is *eligible* for a position open > > > > > only to Brahmans simply because one can find an > > > > > astrologer willing to say that the person is a > > > > > "Brahman based on his chart." > > > > > > > > And yet, what if MMY *was* being considered for the position > > > > until his chart was made? Justifying his lack of position > > > > due to his chart certainly gives him an out that admitting > > > > that his family name was recognized as "unworthy" by the > > > > Jyotishi doesn't. > > > > > > I honestly don't know which strikes me as more > > > pathetic -- a man so insecure and vain as to still > > > be hung up on events that happened over 50 years > > > ago, still trying to justify them in his mind, or > > > a follower of that insecure man who is hung up > > > on the same thing. > > > > Heh. It just jives with what I have heard about why MMY couldn't > > become Shankaracharya. I > > mean, think about it: a birth-chart consists of 3 things: time > > of birth, place of birth and name. > > > > Most people think of the time and place as being the most > > important for such a chart, but > > what if it was *name* and place that gave the jyotishi pause? > > And what if it was the monkeys flying out of > Maharishi's butt that 'gave them pause.' :-) > > Face it, dude...this is about YOUR need to feel > important because you like to think of yourself > as studying with someone who was qualified to be > Shankaracharya. There is no evidence that Maharishi > was *ever* considered qualified, or was *ever* con- > sidered for the position, and there probably never > will be. You'd just like to believe that it's true. > > It's OVER. He wasn't qualified then, and he isn't > qualified now. He went on and did other things with > his life, some of them good, some of them not so > good. His place in history (assuming he even has > one) will be based on those things that he actually > did, not on anyone's fantasies about what he could > have done. > > To his credit, he invented a simple beginner's > technique of meditation
Is that what you think the TM technique is, Barry? Gosh, I've never looked at it that way, either from an experiential standpoint or an intellectual one. > that was easy to learn > and that could give people a taste of who they > really are. To his discredit, at a certain point > he stopped promoting this technique, and in fact > did almost everything in his power to make it > unavailable except to an elite few. Personally, > I don't think the positivity of the former actions > outweighs the negativity of the latter actions, > but that's up to the laws of karma to figure out, > not me. > > All in all, when it comes to traversing the Bardo > and having to deal with your own karma, I'd much > rather be me than be Maharishi. I think he's going > to have a pretty rough ride. > ------------------------ 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/
