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Originally Posted by Og  Could it be that none of these people experienced a superconscious state and that the stories written about them have grown more fanciful with time? Maybe myths and allegories have been included in the stories surrounding these influential teachers in order to reinforce some of the key parts of their message. Maybe their messages were refined as well.
We know, for example, that the story of the stoning of the adulteress in the bible (attributed to jesus) is not in the earliest texts of the bible and appears in texts in the middle of the first millenia AD. |
Well, the very fact that stories were written about them suggests that there was something superhuman about them in the first place which led to their veneration . Otherwise who would have bothered to write stories and legends about them ?
And of course,with time , there is a chance that their teachings can be diluted or corrupted. But I believe their basic teachings are intact and well-preserved.
Also , Ramana Maharshi, Eckhart Tolle, the Zen enlightened masters, Swami Vivekananda , Bahaullah are spiritual masters who have come up recently, who have accessed the superconscious ,and there is no chance of their teachings being corrupted or diluted . And they are there for everyone to see.