--- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> > wrote: > > > The thing that strikes me as a little odd is that > > without exception, the TMers I've met who believe > > that they can perceive or be in communication with > > something of Guru Dev's individual consciousness > > *also* believe, when you ask them about it, in > > Maharishi's dogma about what happens to an enlight- > > ened being when they die. > > > > You remember that dogma, right? It's "the drop > > returns to the ocean" rap, in which individuality > > is *over* when the enlightened being dies, kaput, > > toast, never to appear again. > > I don't recall hearing Maharishi ever talk about after death > experience, so I am not familiar with that rap of his. > > In any case my personal belief is that the two states, live here, or > live there (aka death) are pretty much the same- Same Stuff; > Different Existence (to parapharase a popular expression...). It > doesn't make any sense to me that what we call death should be > strange and different. I mean, isn't life here strange and different > enough?? > > Considering what you have said above about what Maharishi said about > the death of enlightened beings, I think it is better for us to gain > enlightenment ourselves and then better determine what the > experience is, regardless of what Maharishi has said on the subject, > or what we think he has said on the subject. > > So, in conclusion, I have not heard Maharishi say anything that > contradicts my direct experience of Brahmananda Saraswati.
I just think it's fascinating is all, and I look forward to what is inevitably going to happen after Maharishi himself dies. The *same* people who will claim that he was the hottest, most enlightened sage ever and that his theories were perfect and correct in every instance are going to start claiming that they're in communication with his individual spirit now that he's dead. The fact that one of his theories would have to be incorrect for this to happen is never going to occur to them... 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/
