--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Bronte, you're over generalizing. Of course I get your > point about the possible "dangers" involved with an > overcontrolling guru. But you seem to try to apply > this to every guru/chela relationship and it just > ain't so. MMY is a great example of an > over-controlling guru. You cut your teeth on him, like > I did, so of course you're head shy about gurus. Just > don't say all guru relationships are like this. And by > the way, the majority of people who attempt to learn > an instrument on their own, don't. They know three > chords, two songs, etc. Some people can learn an > instrument on their own, but they're alweays listening > to music, so the music is their guru. The odds of > going from avidya to realization without help from the > Absolute in some form or shape is just about nil. > Agreed. I think that doing an effective meditation technique like TM (just my personal example-- not an ad), reading a guru's words, like Maharishi's (just my personal example-- not an ad), praying to saints like Guru Dev (just my personal example-- not an ad), can all mean following a guru by tuning the heart and intellect to that of the supremely enlightened, and by so doing, the process of Self Realization goes very quickly.
However, there is never a need to become a guru's compromised follower. Doesn't mean losing our will or common sense. There is definitely a way to make it work for us, keeping it in perspective.:- )
