Geezer, This is one of the most dubious of the grandiose claims made by MMY. I would have thought that by now his "I am number one" bravado would have soured a bit for the adults in the movement. It was more understandable when we were all very young. It implies a lot of knowledge about other spiritual movements and the states of consciousness they are achieving that would be impossible. For all we know any one of the many spiritual movements around the world could be popping out people in UC like a Chinese sweatshop filling a Wallmart order. This kind of spiritual oneupmanship certainly isn't restricted to MMY's tiny group. Think of the spiritual arrogance at the basis of huge factions of Christianity believing that they alone will go to heaven while people believing a slightly different version of the same myth will suffer in hell for their lack of growing up in the "right" version.
But they all fall in the category of pretending to "know" things that you couldn't possibly know. It is a self inflation of value relegating poor Yogananda to fluffer status in this spiritual regeneration skin flick. --- In [email protected], "geezerfreak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <jflanegi@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> > > wrote: > > > One gets the "credit" for accomplishments by actually > > > accomplishing something, not by claiming that your > > > teacher did. > > > > > 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. :-) > > 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? >
