--- In [email protected], bbrigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "Llundrub" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Anyone who has read Patanjali knows that he warns not to become > caught up in the sidhis. I thought everyone knew that. I have been > knowing it since I read Vivekanandas commentary on the Yoga Sutras > when I was thirteen. > > ************* > > Because it takes such a long time in a degraded environment to > experience the full value of any of the Siddhis (people have been > practicing the flying Siddhi since 1975 and are still only hopping), > the warnings that you refer to, in the Srimad Bhagavatam and other > texts, are not operative at the present time, although they would > certainly apply in one of the "Golden Ages" ("Satyuga" in Sanskrit) > in human history when fulfillment of the Siddhis happens quickly > because people live life at much higher levels of intelligence and > happiness. One can practice the Siddhis as a means of purification > (Maharishi has said that practicing TM dissolves stress, but the > Siddhis smash stress) without worrying about being distracted from > the path of gaining full awareness -- since MMY started teaching the > Siddhis in the 70s, people have been doing them for nearly 30 years > without full accomplishment of the flying sutra. > > In any event, if you wish to continue to enjoy your current style of > life, you should realize that the publicity value of the flying sutra > alone far outweighs any concern about the possible effect of being > distracted from seeking enlightenment by being able to travel around > the universe at will (the ultimate expression of the flying sutra). > The world is gearing up to fight all sorts of ugly wars, atomic, > biological, chemical, cyber , and unless a lot of people start TM now > and start living a little more intelligently, the world will descend > into chaos and talk about living a life of love and devotion will be > swept away by turmoil. > > As soon as the TM movement presents somebody levitating or flying on > the evening news, millions and millions of people are going to start > TM, and transform the world from war, poverty, disease and so on to a > much better quality of life. > > > It also says in the Srimad Bhagavatam that in this disordered epoch > (called the "Kaliyuga" in Sanskrit), the only thing one can do is to > chant "Hare Krishna," and this is ordinarily the case in the Kaliyuga > (said to have begun about 5100 years ago) -- life is so chaotic that > one can only shout and pray to God, because the bearers of the divine > message about how to live life in fullness by expanding awareness (to > the point where one could move themselves or mountains through the > air at will) are either killed outright or ignored or simply > misunderstood. > > This failure to listen to the message of full awareness has its > consequences. The story goes that one day, feeling hungry, Jesus > Christ approached a fig tree, and not finding any fruit on it, cursed > it and it withered away. It's considered old-fashioned to see disease > and disaster as a message from God, but I see the 1000 shocks that > natural flesh is heir to as a act of kindness rather than a mere > pointless curse, to encourage people to give up their pathetic and > stupid lives and enjoy the power of unlimited intelligence that is > their birthright. > > As Maharishi says in the SBAL : > There is no greater kindness than the kindness of nature, which only > moves one way to bring fulfillment of evolution and life to all these > things in all their states of evolution, under all circumstances. > When a man, because of some misdeeds, seems to be punished by nature > and suffers for it, this also is the manifestation of the kindness > and helpfulness of nature. If a child has smeared mud on himself, his > mother will wipe the mud off. Even if the process of wiping off the > mud is not liked by the child, it is good for him because the mud > could harm his skin. The child, however, does not understand the > injury that the mud would cause him and rebels against his mother's > efforts. ("How to make full use of the almighty power of nature") > > It is the greatness of Maharishi's teacher, Guru Dev, that has > allowed mankind to help themselves instead of just praying to God for > help. Since you are practicing TM and not just chanting "Hare > Krishna" as advised by the Bhagavatam, I think you should also > realize that the scriptural warnings about the Siddhis are not > operative now. There is now a window of opportunity in the sorry > history of human society over the last 5000 years, a window created > by Guru Dev, who enabled Maharishi to bring knowledge of an effective > meditation technique to the world. > > Bob Brigante > http://geocities.com/bbrigante/spiritual.html
Bob, I like that and I hope to God that you are right. JohnY 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/
