--- In [email protected], Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > on 9/4/06 2:26 PM, authfriend at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >> > As Alex pointed out, though, the quote doesn't appear > >> > to be relevant to this group, since MMY is not the kind > >> > of personal guru that Guru Dev was referring to. I'm > >> > sure Paul knows this, so it remains unclear to me, > >> > at any rate, why he posted the quote. > > > I think it¹s one of the most significant things ever posted to FFL. The > issue of other gurus and loyalty to MMY has been a hot one in FF for > decades. A quote from GD condoning switching gurus is a real bombshell. Many > TB¹s here might have taken his ³women can¹t be gurus² admonition as gospel > truth, and might have used it to belittle the lady saints who come through. > So they can¹ have it both ways. Either he¹s right about everything, > including it being OK to switch gurus, or those who believe in him are free > to pick and choose among the things he said. It¹ll be interesting when LB¹s > book comes out.
In Seelisberg, Mahesh quipped *if your guru isn't giving you what you want, get a different guru* -- I'm sure I've mentioned this before. I hadn't seen Paul's massage, so I'm just responding here, to you Rick. But despite the fact that Mahesh was probably being snide or sarcastic at the time, it makes sense. Only you, the person, know what you want and what is working for you. If it's TM and you can't get enough of what Mahesh has on offer, then, I suppose you're on the right path. -- But from the perspective of other Hindu and Buddhist teachings, it doesn't really look like Mahesh is teaching so much as selling. It's dubious whether one can *buy* awakening. But awakening depends upon the individual, for the most part; so if the individual has something that is really working, then awakening, equanimity, compassion and insight should arise. 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/
