--- In [email protected], Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
> --- jyouells2000 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >
> > --- In [email protected], MDixon6569@
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > In a message dated 9/7/06 7:46:11 P.M. Central
> > Daylight Time,
> > > jyouells@ writes:
> > >
> > > From above:
> > > "M said on my teacher training course that lies
> > from the enlightened
> > should
> > > be taken as *pearls of wisdom* by the
> > unenlightened.
> > >
> > > My problem with that statement is that it makes
> > you wonder what and
> > how much
> > > he lied about. It undermines the whole structure
> > of enlightenment as
> > Truth....
> > >
> > > JohnY
> > >
> > >
> > > I can't disagree with your statement either.
> > >
> >
> > I've brought this up before, but it must be too
> > scary to talk about....
> >
> > I understand that the nondual view that all teaching
> > about enlightenment
> > is like 'selling
> > water by the river', but 'enlghtened' lies as
> > *pearls of wisdom* sounds
> > like 'enlightened' rationalization to me.
> >
> > JohnY
>
> I think this "pearls" comment is more a reflection of
> MMY's personal ethics rather than some sort of truth
> about Realized people. As we all know MMY likes to, I
> hate to say it but it's true, lie to manipulate people
> into behaving in a way he wants them to behave. This
> has nearly destroyed any trust in the TMO. Look at the
> recent re-certified debacle. People promised salaries
> but none or only a few given. And of course the
> infamous pundit projects. He never had any intention
> of delivering any pundits in the USA.
>
Yup, I agree. It always bothered me when he would go on about people
picking up on the desire of an *enlightened* one and fulfilling it...
('that's a verrry good thing'). For a while, I thought his ideas about
truth telling was a distortion of an Indian cultural thing.....
JohnY
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