--- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I like this Rick. I recall Maharishi or some TM teachers saying > something like it regarding entertaining other movements. The beauty > of the TM technique as I see it, is its efficiency, so that we can > get grounded in its tradition pretty firmly, and are then free to > explore other beliefs and philosophies. FFL is a good indicator of > that!
On that famous (or infamous) Belgium "Maharishi discusses other techniques" tape from 1974, MMY sort of confirms what you say above. If memory serves me correctly, he said something to the effect: "As long as you do TM twice a day, you can practise a hundred different techniques". Which makes sense within the context of what TM is supposed to do: which is be a 15-20 minute period of rest by pracising an effortless technique balanced by activity the rest of the day. If all other techniques take effort, then they are "activities"...and as such are activities that like all other activities can benefit from the rest provided by the twice daily TM sessions... > > --- In [email protected], Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Quote I used to carry in my wallet: > > > > The Guru is not an instructor who comes into the life of the > student to > > educate him in a subject or subjects, and goes out of it as soon > as his role > > is over. The Guru is the Spiritual Father of the disciple: he > takes the > > disciple in his own being, fills him with consciousness, links the > destiny > > of the novice with his own, and thus makes him a permanent part of > himself. > > The disciple surrenders to him wholly and his well-being and > progress > > depends upon his faithfulness to the Guru who is carrying him on > the path. > > To seek for other Gurus, to open to other influences, cuts across > the belt > > of security: there comes a mixture of influences, a confusion of > > understanding and the disciple loses his foothold. Therefore, one > must stick > > to one Idea, one Deity, one Guru once the choice has been made. > > > > Parasurama > > Kalpasutra I.201 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/
