--- In [email protected], "geezerfreak"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <jflanegi@>
wrote:
> >
> > --- In [email protected], "geezerfreak"
> > <geezerfreak@> wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin"
<jflanegi@>
> > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > --- In [email protected], "geezerfreak"
> > <geezerfreak@>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > --- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin"
> > <jflanegi@>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > >> >
> > > > > > Why does Tom Anderson call himself Sudarsha? Why take a
name
> > other
> > > > > > than our birth name? What's the importance to the
individual
> > of
> > > > doing
> > > > > > so?
> > > > > >
> > > > > Dunno Jim. Why did Mahesh take the name "Maharishi".
> > > > >
> > > > That's easy- Because he is one. If you consider that Mahesh
> > means
> > > > Shiva, its actually something of a downgrade...
> > > >
> > > Uh-huh. Have another gulab jamin, Jim.
> > >
> > Would someone only be a Maharishi to you if you agreed with
> > everything they said/did? Or that you worshipped them? Is that
your
> > criteria?
>
> I would not have to agree with everything an "ideal" Maharishi
said.
> But I would expect a level of honesty and integrity that we did not
> get with this particular self described "Maharishi".
>
A similar reason some people are atheists. It looks like it depends
on your involvement with him. I have been fortunate to benefit from
his knowledge without ever having been stung.
