--- In [email protected], "Rick Archer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>snip > I am full of admiration for anyone on your path. > > It is a path of great responsibility. What I am doing is personally > taking care of a small group of people, but what Maharishi is doing is > giving the world a path to move to a new level, a higher level. I have > full admiration for Maharishi and for each of you. > > Some of you may never see your Master but this does not matter because > he has given you the Supreme Gift, which is self sufficiency. It takes > strength and determination to pursue this path on a daily basis. But > you have the path of Self Sufficiency and it saves you and others also. > It affects the whole world." > > Muktananda was very insistent on this point, that he was only here for a > small group of people whereas Maharishi was here for the good of > Mankind. > > "My path is more nurturing because my devotees have me. It is easier > because I am here for them. What you have from Maharishi is fully > comprehensive and you need only to do your practice. I congratulate > each of you for being so courageous, for being responsible for your own > personal growth and that of the world." > > Muktananda emphasised again that he was only here in the world for his > group of devotees but Maharishi was here for the world. > > "Maharishi's path is unique. You only need to do what he has asked you > to practice. It is glorious but it is not easy to be self sufficient. > Devotion must be in the heart rather than physically sitting at the foot > of the Master. Devotion must be in your heart. This is because > Maharishi is here for the whole world." I think this is a very accurate description of MMY and his ministry, being 'macrocosmic' as opposed to 'microcosmic'. MMY is not a personal Guru though people keep on calling him one, this demonstrates that fact and difference between the two!
