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I was just doing the sidhis and
noticed that there does seem to be a current of hope and fear that is created. I
wonder if anyone else notices this? Hope that a sidhi is born and fear that it
wont be. I therefore have to agree with Vaj on this one, the sidhi practice
seems more samsaric than plain TM.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 8:03 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Samadhi in
CC, GC or UC [was: This stuff never gets old...Maharishi vs. the
movement]
--- In [email protected],
Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]...> wrote:
>
> On May 6, 2005, at 7:45 AM, Alex Stanley wrote:
>
> >
I don't assume that just because a view is traditional, it
> > is
correct, especially with respect to ideas about
> > spirituality and
consciousness, which are, by their very
> > nature,
subjective.
>
> Didn't say traditional--I said "pure".
How
is purity determined? A quick Google search says Patanjali lived
somewhere
between 200 BC and 200 AD. How does one determine whether
one
interpretation of an ancient religious scripture is more pure or
correct
than another? The idea of locking down something as
free-flowing as
spirituality into a box of rigid dogmatic purity
strikes me as silly as
trying to herd cats.
> The problem is, IMO, that whenever you
decide to "sell"
> something, you have to polish it up for the
marketplace.
> Hide it's flaws and tout its benefits. That's great
for
> "product", but it also means you're hiding part of the
>
truth. Hiding the truth in "product" is commonplace, but
> it has no
place in spirituality where you are trying to
> uncover truth.
On
the other hand, the McMeditation Marketing Model made meditation
widely
available and visible to those who would have otherwise not
even thought of
seeking it out from an obscure tradition steeped in
"purity". The Lord
works in strange and mysterious ways!
> "Think" on that and then
"think" on what would happen if
> you figured out that the "product"
that everyone wanted
> and was really attached to was
"enlightenment".
I think it's likely that people will ultimately be
drawn to a
suitable spiritual tradition, no matter where they start. In my
own
case, I never understood or cared one whit about concepts
of
enlightenment. My brother came back from TTC and taught me TM when
I
was 13 years old. For me, TM was never anything more than a
stress
reduction technique. But, ultimately, my involvement with TM set
the
stage for my finding Waking Down, which is perfectly suited to who
I
am. With my own strong tendencies toward self-destructive behavior,
I
probably wouldn't even be alive today if not for
TM.
Alex
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