--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- jim_flanegin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter > > <drpetersutphen@> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > --- Rick Archer <groups@> wrote: > > > > > > > on 8/5/06 8:51 AM, Peter at drpetersutphen@ > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I'm sure some former or current TM with SSRS > > might > > > > > have some cognitive dissonance and might be > > using > > > > the > > > > > above to lessen the dissonance. But the > > > > relationship > > > > > between MMY and SSRS is something between > > them. > > > > What > > > > > MMY says about SSRS publically is one thing > > and > > > > what > > > > > he says about him privately is another. By the > > > > way, I > > > > > always thought that MMY's comment about SSRS, > > > > > "Meditators should watch out for sugar-coated > > > > poison." > > > > > was quite the compliment. This is one of those > > > > > "guru-speak" things. I say this because of my > > > > direct > > > > > experiences with MMY as "Blazing Brahman" and > > my > > > > > direct experiences with SSRS as "Blazing > > Brahman." > > > > MMY > > > > > couldn't say something negative about SSRS if > > he > > > > > tried. > > > > > > > > > Sure he could. Brahman is a field of all > > > > possibilities. I think he was > > > > clearly trying to convey the message to TM > > > > meditators who might be tempted > > > > to get involved with SSRS, or who already had, > > that > > > > although he seems sweet, > > > > you¹ll end up regretting your involvement. Not > > > > saying that¹s true, but > > > > that¹s the obvious purport of his words. > > > > > > When I first heard that comment from MMY I had the > > > exact opposite reaction. To me MMY is calling SSRS > > > Shiva. > > > > Agreed- He is saying that SSRS is very charming to > > the seeker, who > > will then find his [the seeker's] ego attachments > > dissolving. 'Poison' to the small self. > > Exactly. Notice too that MMY just made this one > comment and left it. No long discussion or analysis. A > great little sutra! > 'do less and accomplish more'- (lest I appear as a TMO apparachik...)
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