--- In [email protected], "Mr. Magoo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> 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!
I don't disagree with you in the least. What I was asking is whether anyone here has ever heard *Maharishi* say this, or anything like it. I ask because I and others here (if I remember correctly) have heard him say the exact opposite.
