on 4/29/05 10:16 AM, Vaj at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Apr 29, 2005, at 10:53 AM, Rick Archer wrote: > >> Maharishi developed the sidhis through trial and error, reading the >> Yoga >> Sutras and experimenting with people, starting in Fiuggi. > > So you're saying it was book knowledge combined with trial and error, > rather than any real knowledge from that tradition? That certainly > verifies what those who sought traditional knowledge of Patanjali have > found.
And maybe M's insight/intuition/observation of the effects of the practices on those practicing them. > >> M told him that the sidhis were >> just for materialistic Westerners who always wanted something more, >> and that >> Shannon could just meditate. Shannon also said that the Movement was >> in a >> severe cash crunch at the time, because many centers had been set up >> but >> initiations were down. > > So would it be safe to say that since you knew they were related to > materialism, you eventually ceased TM-Sidhi practice? Just a few years ago. Never really enjoyed the practice. But I know many who do. >The real reason > they were released was because of a money crunch, despite the fact that > there was a fore-admission that they were for materialists? I wouldn't say that money is the ONLY reason the TMO does stuff. There has got to be some altruistic motive mixed in there. 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/
