--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote:
> >
> > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@>
wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@>
wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Maharishi has said of SSRS's techniques, that meditators
> > > > should "Beware of sweet poison." I heard the lecture (THE
> > > > lecture?) on ayurveda that he gave in honor of Triguna
> > > > where he described ayurveda as the process of turning
> > > > poison into nectar. Nectar is NOT "sweet poison." In
> > > > fact, it is worse than normal poison.
> > >
> > > Is there anyone here as embarrassed as I am
> > > to have ever been part of the spiritual
> > > organization that could have created such
> > > a mindset in one of its followers?
> >
> > Uh, Barry, Lawson is telling us what he heard
> > MMY say.
> >
>
> To be clear, I never heard him say anything about SSRS's
techniques. I DID hear him refer
> to the main purpose of ayurveda as the process of turning poison
into nectar.
>
Right- in the Ayurvedic case he is talking about poison in the body,
toxins, and transforming that into health. When he is talking about
SSRS, he actually pays SSRS a complement by noting that if you
follow him, there is a good chance at enlightenment; he will sweetly
poison the small self, transforming it into Being.
