--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "Patrick Gillam" <jpgillam@> > wrote: > > > > --- authfriend wrote: > > > > > > I wonder how often that kind of conundrum--not just > > > about sex but any "bad" habit or behavior--masters > > > have to deal with, pretending they don't indulge in > > > that habit or behavior because they perceive > > > (accurately or not) that to do otherwise would confuse > > > their followers and get in the way of their sadhana. > > > > Maybe the solution would be for the master to > > promote his or her sadhana as a single element one > > adds to one's daily routine, rather than insisting > > students give up this behavior or adopt that one. > > > > Teaching, say, a meditation technique alone, > > without all the concomitant lifestyle stuff - > > diets, sexual protocols and such - would free > > the master from having to exemplify the ideal > > lifestyle. > > > > But what master has ever taken such a tack? > > It would be bold indeed. > > MMY did at first, then he changed his mind.
Personally, I always thought that Maharishi should have kept his message as simple as it first started out-twenty minutes twice per day then go about living your normal life, no change in lifestyle required (yes I know, this is where people will say, "well you didn't have to choose to add everything else"), 200% of life-->100% inner + 100% outer, etc. We used to tell people at intro lectures that the great thing about TM was that you didn't even have to believe in it, which, of course you still don't, but we also used to say that it was not a lifestyle. It was a fairly innocent message with a smack of Hinduism which made it all the more delicious during that era. > > But he was talking to teachers here, no? Not the > rank and file. The most devoted followers are always > going to try to emulate the master every way they can, > no matter what the master says or doesn't say. And > they're all going to have some idea of what > constitutes "good" behavior. I think to some extent > the conundrum is unavoidable. > 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/
