--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <jflanegi@> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > > > He didn't want to freak out people like you. Sorry. > > > > > > I think you should get a handle on your elitism, > > > Jim. I believe that Maharishi was WRONG when he > > > said empatically that when an enlightened being > > > dies that there is *no possibility* of ever taking > > > incarnation again, in any form. > > > > > > So, obviously, do YOU. > > > > What do you think MMY means by "realized souls passing > > through the long corridor of time"? > > I think you're reading something into that quote > that isn't there.
And if you had any idea what that might be, I'm sure you'd tell me. In context (see below), it clearly refers to enlightened beings who are not in the body (and in this case, obliquely, to Guru Dev; and why-- in my interpretation--he is purportedly drawn by the TM puja to be present at its recitation). It wouldn't be "taking incarnation again," of course, even in "subtle" form (which wouldn't be "incarnation" anyway), but rather indefinite persistence of the realized individual soul in some sense. So as of 1967, at least, MMY was talking about more possibilities than "the drop returns to the ocean." "The holy tradition of great masters, which is responsible for reviving the teaching after every lapse, has captured the mind and heart of lovers of Truth in every age. It is not merely held in high regard, but has come to be actually worshipped by seekers of Truth and knowers of Reality. A verse(*) recording the names of the greatest and most highly revered masters has not only inspired seekers, but has been a joy even to the fulfilled hearts of realized souls passing through the long corridor of time." --Commentary to 4:2 in MMY's Gita translation (copyright 1967) * The listing of the masters of the holy tradition chanted during the puja.
