--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "chaim_laib" <chaim_laib@> > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > > > I *never* encountered any > > > teaching in the TM context about "blind devotion > > > to one's teacher" or "becoming in tune with one's > > > teacher's thinking" as "the quintessence of spiritual > > > practice." > > > > Although Maharishi may not have ever said this explicitly-I want > > you, my followers, to become in tune with my thinking-he certainly > > requested this, no, demanded it in every way. If you did not do what > > he said, when he said, you were out, All things are done his way or > > it's the highway. After enough of this, you learn to do exactly what > > you are told to do. > > As a rank-and-file TMer, I never encountered this. > > Sure, there were rules on residence courses that you > had to follow, but there were rules in school, at > work, everywhere. It never occurred to me that they > were intended to tell us we should be "in tune with > Maharishi's thinking" in the way Barry portrays.
It simply isn't the TM Program. Indeed, interjecting a "master" and his "follow-me" requirements is most certainly OFF the program. > > > Also, and perhaps more to the point, how many dozens of times did > > I/we hear the story, either directly from Maharishi, or on the > > taped story, or rehashed/recounted by Bevan, et. al, of how > > Maharishi put himself in tune with Guru Dev and in his innocent, > > Trotakacharya-like self-atunement with his Guru Dev, his own > > consciousness merged with Guru Dev's/Universal C'ness. > > I saw the taped story on a residence course once. > The teacher emphasized that this was *MMY's* path > and not one we were supposed to adopt. > > I wasn't disputing that teachers didn't get this > laid on them. In context, my point was that it > wasn't imposed on rank-and-file TMers, which meant > that Barry had to be referring to teachers. But he > said he was describing TBs on this forum, and I can't > think of any TBs on this forum who are also teachers. > Can you? > > Barry often goes on rants about "a few people here > who..." when there actually aren't any such people > here; he invents them for purposes of the rant. > This was just another example, and it was the only > reason I raised the point. > > > This was told over and over and many Westnerns took this to mean > > that if they want to rise to the heights of enlightenment they > > need to do the same. People will tell you this in nearly plain > > English by (selectively) following things Maharishi has said and > > parroting back, "Maharishi said...." > > Oh, NONSENSE!! It depends *entirely* on the context > whether "Maharishi sez..." has that connotation. You're > doing what Barry does and conflating "This is what MMY > sez..." with "What MMY sez is True." > > <snip> > 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/
