Shemp, thanks for this, too. The image of you, standing in the hallway, in your underwear, listening at the door, and having that cosmic epiphany, couldn't be more perfect.
** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <drpetersutphen@> > wrote: > > > > > > > > --- shempmcgurk <shempmcgurk@> wrote: > > > > > > > I think your friend's observation is interesting and > > > quite accurate > > > in many ways but I somewhat disagree with his > > > assessment that the TM > > > teachers don't care anymore. > > > > > > I think they DO care. I think they care very much > > > and have never > > > stopped caring. > > > > I'm with you on that one Shemp. We care alot whether > > we admit it to ourselves or not. For most of us MMY > > brought us to this spiritual dance and no matter how > > whacky he or his rajas get, we can't quite forget that > > contact with him. I first met MMY when I was 18 and > > his first glance at me blew me into oblivion. You can > > NEVER, EVER forget that and the realization of > > something so profound and so deeply significant in his > > glance. If you never experienced this these words will > > mean nothing to you other than deluded, mood-making > > nonsense. But if you have, then you know EXACTLY what > > I'm talking about. When MMY first looked at me I > > realized in some inexplicable way I had come home > > after millions of years. And for that I will always > > bow down to what He is regardless of his craziness. > > > > When I first came into contact with him I didn't see him at > first...I heard him. > > I had travelled to TTC by plane and then a 4 hour train ride from > Zurich to Murren, Switzerland. I had been up about 30 hours and > when I got to the hotel I was told that MMY was there. They gave me > a room on the third floor and I went right to sleep. But I woke up > in the middle of the night (2am?) and had to pee. > > Since I was in the "low rent district" of hotel rooms, I went off to > search for what I learned later (this was my first trip to Europe > and didn't know at that point) that a "WC" was a water closet or > toilet. > > So I kept walking. And I walked past a room where I heard MMY's > voice. At first I thought it was a tape but then I realized there > was another quality to it. I stopped and listened. And the only > thing I can think of to describe the experience is the > word "host"...as in host of angels or host of celestial beings. > Because his voice took on a quality I have neve before or after > experienced: it was out of time and space, yet had a visual and > concrete quality to it as well as audio. And surrounding the sounds > of his voice were thousands of undulating "beings" like fireflies > around the flames of a fire. And these beings were totally > subservient to the flames they surrounded while at the same time > worshipping them...but they weren't flames but the syllables of > words of his voice. And it all appeared very certain and mechanical > at the same time. > > I don't know how long I stood there but I finally turned around and > left because I was afraid of being caught eavesdropping...and I was > in my underwear! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > 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/
