--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <jflanegi@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> > > wrote: > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> > > > > wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "dhamiltony2k5" > > > <dhamiltony2k5@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > The obvious question is WHY? > > > > > > > > > > WHY is Maharishi so threatened by the idea of his > > > > > students being exposed to the knowledge of other > > > > > spiritual traditions, or to its teachers? ( And, > > > > > as Paul has pointed out, even the knowledge spoken > > > > > by his *own* teacher? ) > > > > > > > > > > THAT seems to me to be an issue worthy of explor- > > > > > ing. There seems to be no question that Maharishi > > > > > has created an entire belief system that is designed > > > > > to teach his students to avoid and even be fearful > > > > > of knowledge that comes from anyone but him. > > > > > > > > > > But WHY? > > > > > > > > Why? Intense Trademark Positioning & Marketing all along. > > > > > > That's certainly one explanation. > > > > > > > Purity of the teaching? > > > > > > That's another, and probably the one that the TBs > > > will cling to out of hope. > > > > > I tend to see it as a question of common sense. If I am being taught > > to drive in the US on the right side of the road, and before I am > > confident in my skills I take a trip to the UK, and someone says, > > hey, I'll teach you to drive on the left, this would be very > > confusing to me. I wouldn't accomplish my goal learning to drive > > on the right, nor would I learn to drive on the left. > > With all due respect, and chuckling, if you honestly > believe that your mind and body and the coordination > between them are so weak that you would be confused > by learning to drive on the left, I hope I don't run > into you when I (a lifetime right-hand driver) am > driving in England. > > Rather bad analogy, dude. :-) :-) :-) > > Most people have NO PROBLEM learning both styles > of driving, and knowing when each is appropriate. > > Similarly, most people have NO PROBLEM learning > different types of spirtual techniques and keeping > them separate in their minds, without confusion. > You must have misread the first part of my statement "If I am being taught to drive in the US on the right side of the road, and before I am confident in my skills I take a trip to the UK, and someone says, hey, I'll teach you to drive on the left..."
If you ignore my context, then what you have responded with makes sense. Otherwise it doesn't. Nonetheless, did you continue to do TM once you were sold out to Rama? And do you now regularly do at least two different meditations (regularly being at least once a day)? ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/zAINmC/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
