--- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "curtisdeltablues" > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > " Just because he said he was enlightened, why did > > > they believe it?" > > > > This is a deep point. I'm sure you know all about Lifton's > > perspective. That is my guess. My conscious rational mind > > was not functioning properly. Plus I believe the darshon > > experience is real and powerful. I just do not believe the > > traditional interpretation of what it means. People who saw > > Mao described the experience in similar terms of people's > > description of personal contact with a master. I don't > > believe it was because he was a radiator of pure being. It > > may just be one of those mental experiences that had an > > evolutionary value when not deferring to the alpha chimp > > could mean death. Just a guess. > > I don't know 'Lifton' or what that refers to. My take on why > people ascribe stuff to their teachers is they want to > personalize their own inner transformation, and the teacher > is a convenient...target? lol.
I think you're making a simple thing complicated. In many if not most cases the 'darshan' thang is not a factor because many TM teachers have never met Maharishi or been in the same room with them, much less rank-and-file meditators. I think it's as simple as the fact that they just paid a lot of money for a technique that promises enlightenment, and they hopefully assume that the seller is enlightened and that their money was not wasted. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> See what's inside the new Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/2pRQfA/bOaOAA/yQLSAA/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/
