I snipped it where I did so most of my response would appear on the FFL notice board. You ascribe so many motives to my postings - come on what is YOUR agenda? AND have you EVER actually practised this meditation thing you claim to have done. Are you just one of those anti-TMers who wants to make the Maharishi and the TM method appear so ineffective?
--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "Paul Mason" > <premanandpaul@> wrote: > > > > 'As Paul notes, MMY was speaking (to devout Hindus)..<Snip>.' > > > > I noted no such thing! The speech was made at the Young Man's > > Tennis Club, Queen's Gardens, in Delhi, not at a Hindu temple! > > Nor did I say you noted that he was speaking at a Hindu > temple, did I, Paul? > > "As Paul notes" referred to your "Excerpts of speech > made by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (before he was known as > such)." > > You intentionally deceptively snipped the rest of > the sentence to make it appear I was misquoting you. > "To devout Hindus" was obviously *my* parenthetical, > since you'd said nothing whatsoever about who he > was speaking to. > > If we know for a fact that his audience at the Young > Men's Tennis Club in Delhi were not devout Hindus, then > of course I'll withdraw the parenthetical. > > My main point, as you know, was that--as I went on > to say, and as you yourself noted--MMY was speaking > before he had conceived the idea of a nonsectarian > meditation technique for the masses.] > > No cigar, Paul; not even a nice try. > > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Paul Mason" > > > <premanandpaul@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Excerpts of speech made by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (before he was > > > > known as such) in which he asked that Guru Dev's 'elevating > > > > discourses may reach the masses in every nook and corner of our > > > > country and abroad' > > > > - for full text go to > > > > http://www.paulmason.info/gurudev/sources/text/Maheshspeech.htm > > > > > > As Paul notes, MMY was speaking (to devout Hindus) > > > before he had conceived the idea of a nonsectarian > > > meditation technique for the masses. > > > > > > Your oft-repeated insinuation that MMY was trying > > > to hide Guru Dev's teaching because it would reflect > > > poorly on himself still doesn't wash, Paul. > > > > > > MMY has *always* taught the nonsectarian elements > > > of what Guru Dev taught. > > > > > > What he *could not* do was to teach what Guru Dev > > > taught about meditation if he wanted TM to be > > > universally accepted, which is what I was pointing > > > out in the post you quote. Nor could he even have > > > made it available, for the reasons I explained (and > > > which you have not challenged). > > > > > > Can you find a recorded or transcribed talk of > > > Guru Dev--about meditation or anything else--that > > > has no sectarian elements, that would be > > > universally acceptable, even to those who do not > > > believe in God? > 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/
