--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "peterklutz" <peterklutz@> > wrote: > > > > > > In the ongoing battle at wikipedia certain editors have taken to the > > practice of referring to MMY as simply Mahesh. > > > > Aside the fact that the only name MMY has been known by for the last > > fifty or so years is MMY, I was under the impression that he has > > actually been given this name in keeping with the tradition he comes > > from. > > > > I.e. Mahesh was given the full name Maharishi Mahesh Yogi when his > > peers/tradition over fifty years ago cognized him to be (1) a yogi as > > well as (2) a great seer. > > > > Anyone? > > > > > The story goes that about 3 years after Guru Dev's passing, Maharishi > was coerced by locals where he was living into giving speaches about > consciousness, because some locals thought he was a great learn'ed > master fom the north. So they advertised his talks with some > flamboyance (as is the way in India), and most likely announced him > as "Maharishi", and, "Yogi". > His lectures were recieved with great enthusiasm and thus was born the > Spiritual Regeneration Movement. But who knows, no-one around now was > there, and the TM-ex people here will continue to make up stuff to > suit their agenda. Everyone knows that in India in the 1950's the > above story is a very likely scenario, because that is how the Indians > were. > > OffWorld > Personally I like what Maharishi says about the knowledge of spiritually regenerating the world becoming lost over time, and then the need for a revival of such living knowledge comes and the knowledge is renewed.
Pardon me, but who the f*ck cares, including Maharishi, who the actual vehicle or tool of the revival is? The whole issue is a big 'so what ?'...the only thing that is necessary is that it has to be someone. Who it is? Let the Absolute, God, Nature take care of such details; It, We, She, He will anyway... ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Great things are happening at Yahoo! Groups. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/TISQkA/hOaOAA/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/
