Re: Jonx, you're brighter than that
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10/05/2005, 15:49:52
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Hi Jonx,

Is that what you really believe? Because if I'm not mistaken, Maharaji has made it pretty clear that therre is only one. Well, one at a time anyway. He might be coy to newcomers who ask him disarmingly direct questions about the particulars of his status, for instance implying that they should look around if they have any doubts, and if they don't find what they are looking for, he will still be there for them. But I read that more as an alluring posture of modesty, rather than an indication of what he actually thinks.

Let me give you an example. One day Maharaji was telling a joke/story. Here's how it went: there is this guy (actually this story has other ramifications too that are worth going into but we can do that later) on an airplane. Well, there's a bad storm, and there's some kind of mechanical failure and the plane starts going down. The man begins to pray to his master "Oh Maharaji, please save me" and so on, praying fervently to his master. Then it looks like the plane is finally leveling out and everything is going to be okay. The man, in his prayers starts thanking God (not his master) "oh thank you god etc etc." and the plane immediately crashes and the man dies.

Actually I think the point Maharaji was trying to get across in this little morality lesson, is that a devotee's ultimate loyalty must be with their Maharaji, even above God. Well, that is, if you even believe in god. But it seems to be also a pretty good indication of how he views the "singular in nature" nature of the perfect master.

So then, if your position is that you don't know about "the" but only about "a" - how do reconcile that with pretty clear indications from your master about his singularness.

I have personally heard Maharaji aver with great passion and vehemence when asked by someone about other methods, that "there is nothing like 'Knowledge!'"

And by extension presumably, nothing like the one "who makes 'Knowledge' possible. Right?

But lets say you did believe in "the" instead of "a", would you be averse to confirming that because that might smack of cultism?

If someone can demonstrate pretty conclusively that Maharaji said he is a "the" rather than an "a" would it then be okay still for you to maintain the "a" concept?

Just wondering.







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