--- In [email protected], "Marek Reavis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Though Paul certainly has no need for outside support, I feel > compelled to respond to this thread and offer mine. What is so > disappointing in following this particular thread is that, despite > Paul's attempt to clarify his position re Maharishi (at least 2 or 3 > times within this thread), he is (not surprisingly) unable to > extricate himself from mindsets already firmly set in their own > concrete. > > Although I do not share some of Paul's opinions re Maharishi, I can > understand why he might hold them. Maharishi has acted in such a way > that his motivations and actions can be (and have been) viewed with > suspicion and subject to criticism, even if they may have been > misunderstood. Maharishi has been an intensely public figure with a > very public personna that many people have found to be at odds with > some other aspects of his personality. Paul's criticisms of > Maharishi are grounded in what Maharishi has done and not done. > > In my global opinion of Maharishi, his contributions far exceed his > failures, whether they be real or imagined, personal or > institutional. The fact that someone, and particularly someone like > Paul who has done so much hands on research on the subject, could > come to a different conclusion is entirely reasonable. > > My own exposure to Paul has convinced me that he is an honorable, > well-intentioned man who is trying to convey the truth as he > understands it to be. If, in that pursuit, he attempts to clarify > his position or rectify any of his conclusions then why not just > accept that at face value? > > However, this is not an attempt to change other's opinions of Paul. > Those who are chronically critical of him will continue along that > path. That, too, is a way to be, though it would seem a rather bleak > and bitter psychology to have to shoulder. My intention in writing > this was merely to offer my support of Paul's good intentions and to > vouchsafe, to the degree I know him, of his good character. > > I am deeply grateful to Paul for his contributions re Guru Dev and > Maharishi and appreciate his scholarship. > > Marek
Really fine post Marek.......... >
