--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "george_deforest" > <george.deforest@> wrote: > > > > > TurquoiseB wrote: > > > > > > I kinda doubt there would be much cud to chew. > > > My take on Maharishi is that he *doesn't* self reflect > > > like all of us. I'm sitting here racking my brain > > > trying to remember any example of seeing him do so ... > > > > > > Maybe someone else here can, but it appeared to me that > > > self-reflection, especially if it required him to assess > > > his own actions critically, was just [not] among the tools > > > in his toolbox. > > > > well there is one phrase that shows up now and then...roughly, > > "after 50 years - the time for talking is over, now it is > > time to produce the effect" > > > > This is rather revealing, that he knows that so far he has only > > talked the talk, but not yet walked the walk, so to speak. > > > > two examples him saying this, there are others > > > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/112521 > > http://www.rickross.com/reference/tm/tm127.html > > While yours is a positive and, IMO, generous POV > on Maharishi's use of that phrase, George, I don't > quite see it that way. When I've heard him use it, > its intent seems tied to who he's talking to, and > about. That is, the followers, his students. It's > time for *them* to stop talking, and sign up for > the course the way he wants them to (first link > you cite). Or contribute big bucks so that he can > pursue another of his world-saving schemes. > > I'm stickin' to my guns on this one, but I am > curious as to whether anyone else here (many of > you, after all, have far more experience being > close to Maharishi than I have) has heard quotes > that indicate that Maharishi *does* self-reflect, > in a manner that can be interpreted as viewing his > own actions critically, admitting mistakes, and > attempting to learn from them and not make similar > mistakes in the future. I've racked my tiny brain, > and I can't remember even a single instance of > this. Perhaps someone here can help out and prove > me wrong. > I am not trying to prove you wrong, but if you reflect for a minute or less on Brahmananda Saraswati, Guru Dev, and recall what Maharishi said when asked what Guru Dev did, and he replied, "He made me", that says all anyone should need to know about Maharishi's capacity for and capability of self-reflection.
As I've mentioned, without living that silent subtle level of life where Maharishi's darshan is always apparent it is easy to get snared in the multifold traps he has laid for those who treasure and hoard the surface values of life.:-)
