geezerfreak wrote: > According to you MMY is perfect and "revitalized the > spiritual momentum of the world." Do tell, oh settled > mind, where is your proof of this? > Yeah, and I'm getting real sick and tired of your constant flaming and dissing of the Marshy. You've added nothing to my ability to effortlessly transcend. What's your point?
TurquoiseB wrote: > > > One gets the "credit" for accomplishments by actually > > > accomplishing something, not by claiming that your > > > teacher did. > > > jim flanegin wrote: > > I absolutely agree with this last bit. I also think you are taking > > what I said to an absurd degree. What I have said is analogous to > > the fact that the electrification of the US wouldn't have occurred > > were it not for Edison. You probably don't see it that way. OK by > > me. However to imply that I am denigrating those who followed in > > Maharishi's footsteps, like the Vanity Fair yoga photographer, is > > not at all what I am talking about, or that anyone who has ever > > accomplished anything spiritually including any of us here, hasn't > > done so entirely on their own merits, through their own choice, and > > through their own efforts. > > > > However, someone had to revitalize the spiritual momentum of the > > world. The religions weren't doing it. The fact that it is Maharishi > > and Guru Dev doesn't matter much. It could have been anyone else. > > Reality check: Its just that it wasn't, though Yogananda did a great > > job of softening up the soil in the West so to speak. > > > > And last, this implication that Maharishi and Guru Dev did this and > > therefore it reflects on me somehow is just plain nonsensical. I > > hope that clarifies to you what I have said originally. In a > > nutshell I said what I said without any further implications or > > conclusions to be drawn. A settled mind. It is what it is, and no > > more. :-) >
