--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Haven't any of you guys considered the obvious? > > He doesn't speak about chakras (and thousands > > of other spiritual subjects) because he doesn't > > know anything about them. Ha, ha....I enjoyed this and your posts below, I think you may have something here! Although, it does leave one a little insecure as I do believe Kundalini and Chakras are central to understanding Yoga and instrumental in achieving 'Yoga'. Although I will continue to do TM as it has 'enlightened' me and made me what MMY calls a 'knower of reality', albiet, a ways to go. :-) BillyG. > > > > > > If you want to know about such things, go to > > the spiritual traditions that have studied them > > for centuries. His obviously didn't. > > Before anyone freaks out and considers this > "anti-TM," it's not. I honestly think that > 1) he doesn't discuss this particular subject > (chakras) and many others (the mechanics of > what happens between incarnations, how to > transmit shakti, how to perceive auras, etc.) > because he doesn't know anything about them, > 2) that it is *fine* and *appropriate* that > he doesn't know anything about them, and > 3) that it's a *good idea* that he doesn't > say anything about them. Why spread ignorance > when so many people are going to listen to > it and assume that it's knowledge? > > Maharishi grew up in a very conservative and > mainstream Hindu tradition. They had a lot of > things they were knowledgable about, and when > he discusses those things, he is on safe ground > and is doing his students a service to pass > along what he might have learned. But to stray > into areas that he never studied (because his > tradition didn't study them or consider them > important) would be a *disservice* to his > students. > > If you think I'm wrong about this, try to > remember when he *has* talked about other spir- > itual traditions, like the times he's conveyed > complete and total misinformation about Subud, > about Scientology, and about Christianity. In > every case, one or more of his students cornered > him into talking about something he knew nothing > about except some misinformation that he'd heard > along the way, and he passed along that misinfor- > mation as if it were true. > > In my opinion, when you know nothing about a > subject, it's better to say nothing about it than > to spout a buncha bullshit and *prove* that you > know nothing about it. Some posters here, who > feel compelled to act as if they know all about > things they've never studied (the Google-it-for- > five-minutes-and-pretend-you're-an-expert approach) > would IMO do better to follow their teacher's > example and just stay away from subjects they > know nothing about. > 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/
