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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > biosoundbill wrote: > > Thanks Bhairitu, > > > > I guess at the end of the day learning TM is a very good way of > > learning to meditate effortlessly. It has certainly become a big > > business, and one is never quite sure as to whether MMY's motives > > are noble or otherwise! > > Once one has the technique, it makes sense to me that one should be > > working with energy that's missing in their lives, rather than > > meditating with just that one bija for the rest of one's life, > > despite the claims from some Gurus that one stay with one mantra > > only! > > > > Namaste, > > > > Billy > > > > > Some traditions believe that only one mantra will create an imbalance > and that balancing mantras should be given. > **end** I have a friend in the East Bay who is originally from Trinidad Tobago, a hindu and Shaivite but his father is a Kali priest (now retired) and he grew up within that priestly tradition. He had a small, personal temple (originally a garage) and frequently when I visited with him and his family we'd go there to meditate and he'd always offer prayers beforehand, both in Hindi and English, sometimes a lingam puja. One thing I noticed was that when he was doing the Hindi prayers and chants, he'd end each line with the anusvara (or bindu) "-ng". It didn't matter whether the word was a vowel of consonant ending, he always morphed it into "-ng". It seemed to function like the drone of the sruti-box in Indian music or the drone of the tambura and really seemed to charge the environment. Good vibes. Marek
