Re: How do premies see Prem Rawat now...really
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01/14/2005, 14:21:39
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Bill Clinton is a good analogy.
JFK's another one.
It seems that the President has been saddled with an extra quality that has never been in the job description. Presidents must now be able to prove that they have never strayed from a strict fundementalist Christian lifestyle.
Never taken drugs, never got drunk and boisterous, never run around in the nude, never had sex before marriage, certainly never had sex outside of marriage, never criticised the United States etc.
So bold, outgoing and charismatic Presidential hopefuls who would invest their time in the White House with vitality, optimism, tolerance and humanity are hunted down and condemned for being human.
Only dullards like George Bush can now make the grade.

The same goes for Masters.
You had better be holier than God, otherwise a chorus of the self righteous will follow you all the days of your life.
Jesus was so hated and disrespected he was publicly executed and no one lifted a finger.
Everyone likes to praise the famous teachers long after they're dead but when they lived they were universally criticised for their behaviour.

I imagine that most premies see Maharaji as I do. As a great teacher with something valuable to offer, who's teaching is far more important and far removed from his day to day activities.
Is he the Messiah?
I doubt many premies would think that thought too often.
Knowledge, after all, is about having an experience not a theory.
But some old time premies, particularly those from a religious up bringing, may think of him as the modern Jesus, Krishna etc with all the conceptual baggage that entails.
However I suspect that if you asked most old timers about the relationship of Maharaji to famous teachers, far more would reverse the emphasis and look upon Jesus, Krishna etc as pale, distant shadows of a modern teacher who had something valuable to offer their believers but who were judged by their detractors for not fitting their concepts.
In either case, it doesn't just depend on what you think of Maharaji, it largely depends on what you think "THE LORD" is supposed to be like.
Chrtistian based cultures can't think of "THE LORD" without the crown of thorns, the suffering and two thousand years of myth.
No one can live up to that concept.
Hindus can think of "THE LORD" Krishna, playing his flute surrounded by topless, female devotees vying for his attention.
Far more pleasant to contemplate but he was still blue.
The vast majority of people with Knowledge have received it in the last 10 years and their understanding of Maharaji is based almost entirely on what they have experienced within, not other people's opinions.
One thing is certain, any understanding of Maharaji should be based upon the experience of Knowledge.
All else is just a concept.







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