--- In [email protected], Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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.
Or it could also be that the emission of darshan is equal in its intensity to all around him...BUT because of the nervous system of each individual and the degree and type of stress that each individual possesses the experience of that darshan is different for each individual. 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/
