--- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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:
> > > > >
> > > > > --- 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.
>
PS with regard to your comment about gulab jamin, I grew up outside
the US, in SE Asia, and so am not starry eyed about Indian culture-
can't get enough if this one (US) now.
