--- Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > on 4/17/05 8:26 AM, Patrick Gillam at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > A chum told his wife that if she wanted a shiva > > lingam in the house, they had to commit to oiling > > it every day, as if it were a living entity > requiring daily care. > > At the Vedic Studies Conference in New Delhi in 1980 > or so, someone bought a > nice, expensive Shiva Linga and showed it to > Maharishi. Maharishi told the > guy to give to him, saying that it could be harmful > for him to own it if he > didn't take care of it properly. > > > > Conversely, I heard somewhere that it's a bad idea > > to keep a statue of an avatar, deity or saint > around > > the house as a mere decoration, acquiring dust. > > A few years ago Maharishi told everyone to turn in > their deity statues, for > the same reason given above. Not everyone gave them > to the TMO. I heard the > Chicago Hindu temple was suddenly flooded with them.
When I lived in Utopia Park(13 J) I had a big 15" lingam that I used to oil, pour cocnut water over, smear with ashes and play shiva hymns to. After a few weeks of this it would radiate such raw power that it became a little too uncomfortable. It was finally given away to somebody and things were alot smoother then. I learned you shouldn't play around with things you know nothing about. -Peter > > > > > > 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 > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Plan great trips with Yahoo! Travel: Now over 17,000 guides! http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide 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/
