--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, 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. >
Except that TM teachers promise to be loyal to MMY in the context of teaching TM. There's no need to evoke a guru relationship to justify this promise and its implication... 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/