Posted by Clay on 7/31/2008, 8:19 pm, in reply to "On Gurus.."
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Is this what Ramana Maharshi teaches? You seem to be echoing what that guy has said on previous postings, so I'm curious if you are again speaking his words. Gurus/Buddhas/Christs/Satgurus, etc... I agree that most are bullshit, and people follow them simply because they're on some pedastal speaking to them, or because everyone around them calls them "Master". At the same time any reasonably intelligent person would be open-minded towards to the concept of an enlightened individual who has taken on higher spiritual ideals and has manifested God-like qualities. Perhaps, these individuals are able to go to higher heavens during their meditation, and have come back to tell us what they've seen... How do you know they don't? For me, I can only accept what I see and experience, and I would have to be shown that such an individual is God internally to believe it. Thus far, I haven't found any such person, but still open-minded.