--- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> 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.
Or that Maharishi complements SSRS for being "sweet", but that his knowledge poisens the nervoussystem... >
