---Whatever MMY's motivations might have been for teaching the TM=Siddhi program when I learned the siddhis they blew me out of the water.I had both incredible unstressing as well as very powerful experiences.This was especially true when I learned the flying sutra. I appreciate that not everyone had this type of reponse to the siddhis.Futhermore,I have over the yrs come to the realization that genuine spirtual enlightment entails a good deal more than profound subjective experiences and/or extraordinary abilities.IOW describing people who are bereft of wisdom,compassion and a highly developed moral sense as spirtually enlightened renders the term from my pov essentially meaningless.Kevin
In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > A followup to Rick's original post on TM-Sidhi origins and money-making > as a primary motivation: > > (...)unfortunately my information comes via a friend who > knew someone so take it for what it may be worth. The person I knew was > one of MMY's secretaries who knew Conny Larsson, one of MMY's > long-standing followers. Apparently Helga Fiernau (not exactly sure how > to spell her family name; she was the head of finance at the time) > complained that MMY was broke because of all the money spent on > maintaining the international staff. Apparently this was after the > Fiuggi and Mallorca courses. For reasons I don't understand, Conny > spent the night in MMY's room while MMY slept; I do not know why MMY > needed anyone to do this. > > In the morning MMY instructed Conny to call all the 108 together and > then announced to them that during the night Patanjali had come to him > and told him to teach the Siddhis. -- Conny told my source that he was > there. MMY was there. Patanjali was not there. > > From what I gather, MMY's modus operandi was to never let one group > know what another group was doing. Another supposed insider had once > quipped "divide and conquer" -- I learned the "sidhi" program from MMY > and hated how it made me feel. I never hopped. I saw so many struggling > mightily trying to. > > It never crossed my mind that he didn't invent it, especially after > getting the A of E techniques from him as well and they were somewhat > more obviously just an invention and stuff I had heard from outside-TM > sources. It never seemed logical that after secret supposed Sanskrit > mantras we were suddenly doing this in English! > > There are several quite highly recommended non-TM translations of the > Yoga Sutras that don't seem to have any axe to grind with TM that > certainly do not in any way support what MMY taught. > > What is unquestionable is that after the "sidhi" program he wasn't > broke any more. 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/
