On Mar 19, 2005, at 9:33 AM, Peter Sutphen wrote:
> Vaj, have you ever come across anything backing MMY's > position regarding the "negative" impact of the mantra > "om" on householders. Well I actually heard this from an old TM cronie: this was a specific instance, with a specific person. I was not meant to apply beyond this person (a woman IIRC) nor beyond her particular circumstance. I have never heard this in any of the texts I have read. It's my impression that this was heard in regard to this woman and everyone thereafter assumed it was to be applied to every person, all the time. > He seems to be unique in this > perspective. Other yogis and saints don't have a > problem with it. I've had interesting experiences with > the extended (or galanded?) bija mantra "shrim" > associated with Lakshmi, shakti of prosperity. It took > me awhile to do this because I felt like a spiritual > whore, but when my income stream gets too low, I do > japa with "Om shrim mahalakshmiyei swaha." After > several days my patient load increases. Anectdodal, I > know, but it happens too frequently to dismiss. I also > find the mantra to be very, very soothing. Yeah I know other people who've had the same experience. One friend in particular, on old TM teacher, was a big Lakshmi devotee. He said he would do the mantras and practices only to the point where he felt the mayic aspect became an issue, that is where the prosperity became more predominant than his practice. Seemed like good advice. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
