--- In [email protected], "claudiouk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Feeling rather disillusioned right now about enlightenment. Firstly > on a personal level - a dead loss. Secondly as regards MMY even if he > is enlightened there are just too many things that appear "wrong" > about it to me - his mismanagement of followers and Movement > resources & opportunities, his total lack of any aesthetic sense > (witness the ridiculous music and lyrics he's promoting on the > Maharishi Channel, which would immediately put off any curious > onlooker!); the catalogue of tales of woe outlined in Fairfield Life, > including insensitive & irresponsible dealings with distressed > meditators and sexual misconduct from MMY downwards in the hierarchy, > some of which MUST be true; Mohammed's legacy of holy war and suicide > bombers and the appalling mistreatment of women and other innocent > victims at the hands of Islam - a complete turn off. Christianity and > its obsessive tunnel vision about sexual morality and its pathetic > history of unenlightened action - another religion down the drain; > Buddhism seems noble enough but Buddha never found a God and can only > point the way; moreover the premise that action and reaction on a > moral level requires other lifetimes to work itself through (in order > to reflect how cause and effect are evidenced in the physical world) > does not seem a logical necessity, especially in the absence of a > moral God or evidence of morality in Nature as a whole. It is thus > possible to agree with Buddha that life is suffering but to disagree > with his solution, to eliminate it via Nirvana after lifetimes of > purification. Finally the exchanges typical in Fairfield life lead me > to conclude that many people have had more fortunate experiences than > myself with TM, that such experiences may even be interpreted by the > individuals concerned as hallmarks of enlightenment, but in the end > what do they really signify? There is an admission that enlightenment > doesn't actually morally improve the individual - we see such > individuals behaving childishly enough in FF Life. They are no great > inspirational figures - no Gandhi or Mandela equivalents here. > Neither of those in any case were more than great HUMANISTIC icons. > What about the saints? I recently read a biography of St. Francis and > was thoroughly disappointed by his limited Christian vision - tried > to join the Crusades to convert the infidel Islamists. A Bin Laden > equivalent of the Middle Ages, perhaps, although he seemed at least > to have some truly mystical revelations. Anyway what I'm trying to > say is that everyone thinks THEIR guru or scripture or religious > prophet or saviour is so special - but from an objective perspective > they are NOT truly enlightened and neither are their biggoted > followers. If everything is relative there is still some scope in > following a personal vision, following one's inner Light, for the > enhancement of personal and social life, and it may still be true > that some visions might be better than others, but unfortunately none > so far has really stood out as really outstanding in a really > thorough sense, from my perspective. Not sure how this will be > received by FF Life - but makes little difference in any case!!
Your post is honest and very nice ! You are bringing up too many points to be considered one by one. But if your meditation is less than satisfactional I would suggest you take a checking of your practice.
