Thanks for the quote. Brilliant! --- In [email protected], bob_brigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Maharishi has made it clear that the path of gaining enlightenment > through a guru-disciple relationship is completely different from the > path of gaining enlightenment through practice of Transcendental > Meditation: > > > > "You see, to meditate and transcend and get to the > Being and come out and with this practice bringing the > mind out to the field of outer gross life is one way > of achieving cosmic consciousness. The path of > surrender is another way. The path of surrender starts > by tuning the mind with the mind of the Master. Tuning > the mind with the mind of the Master means: Whatever > he likes, I begin to like. I begin to forgo my liking > if he wants me to go that way, I go that way. And > having gone halfway if he wants me to turn, I turn. > > And again he wants me to go that way, I go that way. > If he wants to return I return. Nothing of my will > everything His will. This is how by foregoing our own > likings and disliking, adjusting our mind to the mind > of the Master, that is picked up by the disciple, and > that is the most important thing. If he asks to do > this, you do this. If gone halfway, he wants us to > stop, we stop. > > You don't feel in the least that `Oh, so much effort > has been put and now he wants me to stop!' -- nothing > like that. The way he turns, we turn, the way He > likes, we like, the thing that He dislikes, we begin > to dislike. This is how one begins to forego his > liking and disliking and begins to tune his mind to > the mind of his Master. In this line it is not the > work that is important, it is the flow of His mind > that is to be kept, and that is important. > > As the Master wants, so he moves, His likes and > dislikes begin to become the likes and dislikes of the > disciple. Like that he attunes his mind. When the mind > of the disciple is completely tuned to the mind of the > Master, then the thoughts of the Master become the > thoughts of the disciple. The feelings of the Master > become the feelings of the disciple and when that > attunement is gained -- because the mind of the Master > is cosmic consciousness -- the status of the mind of > the disciple gets to that standard automatically. The > relationship of the disciple and the Master is -- two > bodies and one existence, two minds and one mind. Thus > is how, because the natural state of the Master's mind > is cosmic consciousness, the mind of the disciple is > cultured to that state in a spontaneous, automatic > manner." Maharishi Mahesh Yogi >
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