--- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], 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. >
Heh. I could accept that save that the main technique SSRS advocates apparently has radically different effects than TM. It may FEEL good, but detracts from the process of enlightenment, is MY interpretation of what MMY meant. You may be right and I wrong, but can you entertain the opposite interpretation? 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/
