i love how Charlie always but the "the" in front of Guru Dev to make it a noun! --- curtisdeltablues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- In [email protected], bob_brigante > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > http://www.maharishiphotos.com/mem2a.html > > > > > Thanks for posting this Bob. There is a > contradictions in his account > from MMY's own account. Since he was so close to > MMY it is > interesting that he would tell a different story. I > am beginning to > wonder if it is MMY who told different versions to > different people. > But for his official version that is played > repeatedly on his courses, > we are all familiar with that one so my pointing out > the difference > certainly wont bring a flurry of resistance, it will > just be an > obvious fact that we can work out together... > > C: A few years before he became Shankaracharya, the > old sage made one > of his rare ventures out of the wilderness. It was > at this time that > Maharishi saw him in a procession and the experience > was something > like spiritual love at first sight. Maharishi, a > twenty-year-old > student, felt an overwhelming desire to be near and > serve the great > master. > > Me: In his taped account he came to see Guru Dev in > a house at night > for the first time and caught a "flashy glimpse" > when a car headlight > illuminated his face. There was no procession. > > C: He sought out the Guru Dev who told him to first > finish his > education and then come. Two years later, having > earned his degree, > Maharishi headed for the monastery of Jyotir Math in > the Himalayan > religious center of Badrinath, there to devote his > life to the Guru > Dev, "to serve at the feet of my master." And this > he did for thirteen > years until the swami passed on. > > Over the years, Maharishi would be asked hundreds of > times to talk > about his past. Reporters were especially curious. > But his answer was > always the same: "Once you take the vows of the > monk, past life is > forgotten." > > He told me long ago that when you become a > bramachari, or monk, you no > longer relate to your family or to any of your > background. > > Me: So is his obvious connection with his family in > the indian > movement a departure from his vows? He set them up > with sweet jobs, > that is definitely relating to them, in fact > showing them favoritism. > If in fact they are actually getting big bank > accounts from the > movement's finances, this would also seem to > contradict this vow > business. So either Charlie is misquoting him or he > is not following > his own standards. > > C: From time to time, over the ages, this special > technique is brought > back into focus. The Guru Dev chose Maharishi to do > it now. Where the > Guru Dev acquired the knowledge isn't known; whether > it was given to > him by his own guru many, many years ago, or whether > it came to him > from his attunement with the Infinite. The Guru Dev > was a master of > masters, a master of all paths. His comprehension > was universal. > > What Maharishi had inherited was the quintessence of > Transcendental > Meditation. It was like a magnificent raw diamond > requiring the skill > of an expert cutter and polisher. Maharishi now had > to structure the > knowledge and make it workable. What was the best > way to teach it? > What were the modes of practicing it? How could it > be made appealing > to the masses? > > None of the other monks or holy men could help him. > He alone had > received the knowledge from the Guru Dev. (snip) > > Me: Here Charlie seems to be trying to share credit > for TM between MMY > and Guru Dev. Since the simple japa style > meditation is so common in > India I don't really get this claim. (I know the > magic effortless > nature of the practice story) The mantras are not > meaningless sounds > to Indians so for them this aspect of how it is > presented in the West > is absent. So it seems a bit dubious that TM is so > unique. Having > spent a short amount of time after getting out of TM > practicing some > other versions I am not so sure this claim of > uniqueness is valid. I > know many others here have much more experience with > different forms > of meditation so I will leave this topic to the > experts. > > C: He had traveled more than 1,500 miles, most of > that distance on foot. > > Me: Puleeeeeeze! Monks get free rides on Indian > trains. MMY super > hiker! Guru Dev super camper! How did such outdoor > types end up with > the pasty faced crew that are their most devoted > followers? > > > > > > > > > > > > > To subscribe, send a message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Or go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > and click 'Join This Group!' > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Don't get soaked. Take a quick peak at the forecast with the Yahoo! Search weather shortcut. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/#loc_weather
