on 5/17/05 1:58 AM, TurquoiseB at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > --- In [email protected], Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Good one, Unc. One thing to throw into the equation in pondering who > M is >> and what made him tick is the darshan factor. Couldn't have been my >> imagination. The man radiated pure consciousness like a blast furnace. >> Something profound going on there. You spoke of meditating in Rama's >> presence. Same with me and M, whether or not I was meditating. If I > were, >> I'd sink like a stone. > > Well, this probably won't make me popular here, but > *for whatever reason*, and I make no judgements on > this...it's just a subjective experience...during all > the time I spent around Maharishi I never felt anything > I would class as darshan. And meditating with him, even > a few feet away, was no different than meditating on my > own. This could mean absolutely nothing...it could be > simply my own makeup, and its resonance or non-resonance > with different types of auras, it could be anything. > But that's how it seemed to me. It's one reason that, > for me, he was never anything but a seemingly nice guy > who seemed (at the time) dedicated to teaching meditation > to a lot of people. That, and some entertaining but not > terribly brilliant (compared to others I had read) talks > on the mechanics of consciousness was all there was for > me personally in Maharishi. Go figure. Again, different > strokes for different folks...not "better," not "worse," > just different. Each of us has his own subjective > experience, and gets to make of it what he wants. > I think it's a good system...
As you say, it could have been my personal connection with him, or maybe just the fact that I was so fervently devoted from my side that I psyched myself into a good meditation or darshan experience. 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/
