--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "Mr. Magoo" <wgm4u@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "Rick Archer" <rick@> wrote: > > > > > > In the intro to Love and God, p. 11, with reference to Guru Dev, > > > Maharishi says "We only pray Him to keep on guiding us," implying > > > that he considers Guru Dev to still be playing a active role from > > > wherever he is. > > > > MMY says, "We only pray...", he doesn't say he IS!! MMY may or may > > not know, or it may be presumptous for him to say. Whether Swami > > Brahmananda took on a 'Bodhisattva' role in the governence of the > > Universe is speculative at best and CLEARLY has nothing to do with > > 'awareness' spoken of in the puja! > > Have you ever heard Maharishi admit to the possibility > of someone who is enlightened dying and taking on a > 'Bodhisattva' role? I sure haven't. I remember one long > lecture in which he went on and on and on saying that > the *only* possibility for what happens to an enlight- > ened being when they die is that "the drop returns to > the ocean," and he said definitely in that talk (in > response to several direct questions) that there was > *no* possibility of an enlightened being ever incarnating > again in any form -- human or subtle. > > Now I don't personally believe this, but that's what the > man said. But then he has waffled on many subjects before, > so it's possible that he later recanted and allowed for > there being more possibilities than the one he was adamant > about in that talk. Has anyone here ever heard Maharishi > speak of anything other than "the drop returns to the > ocean" model? > > I'm mentioning it because if no one has, then Jim's claim > to have "met" Guru Dev would seem to imply that Maharishi > was...uh...wrong. > > Either that or it's possible that Jim was...uh...wrong, > and what he "met" was the aftereffects of one of his > burger and margarita feasts. :-)
In the broader context, I think a Master can reconstitute his form at any time, the essence (consciousness) is the same. Even Christ appeared to his disciples after the Resurrection. Form is not soul!
