Thnaks Kala
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, kaladevi93 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "biosoundbill" <smithybill@>
wrote:
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> > Namaskaram Kala Devi,
> >
> > I'll use a non TM mantra as an example!
> >
> > Let's say the bija is `Shreem' for the basic TM technique.
> >
> > Let's say `Om Shreem Namaha' for an advanced technique.
> >
> > Finally let's say `Om Shreem Maha Lakshmiyei Swaha' for a more
> > advanced technique.
> >
> > From your experience, am I correct in saying that `Om Shreem
Maha
> > Lakshmiyei Swaha' would be the most powerful of all 3 meditation
> > mantras?
>
>
> Not necessarily, as mantras depend on the disposition of the
student, most especially the
> students mind. There are some techniques utilizing merely a bija
mantra which truly go
> beyond the mind (but there are specific techniques in addition to
the mantra in order to do
> so).
>
> Now if, for example, the Lakshmi mantra IS appropriate for a
certain student and they
> know the appropriate techniques to use that mantra fully, it could
render full results. But
> merely giving out mantras for mental repetition, comparitively
there could be little or no
> difference. However if paying wads of money made one think they
had something more
> special or important, the change in attitude could affect the
students experience of that
> mantra, as silly as that sounds, because the resolve and intent
has changed.
>
> In addition to the mental use of mantra there are hosts of other
techniques which can be
> applied in addition to or with the mantra. Often as the experience
of subtlety of mantra
> refines, techniques will refine to take the mind deeper, beyond
where the mantra
> *appears* to end and to allow the meditator to go much further,
deeper and longer
> (sounds like porn! :-) ).
>
> Adhikara mantras, mantras which are chosen based on the student,
are always favorable
> to mantras merely given by puja. With an indiscrimantly given
mantra, there is always the
> potential for something to go wrong.
>
> Kala Devi
>
