--- In [email protected], Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on 6/2/05 7:20 PM, shempmcgurk at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > >> imo the problem so many of us have and have had with Maharishi's > >> teaching is that once we enjoyed some success with the initial > >> practice of TM, we then wanted a road map from Maharishi to go the > >> rest of the way, on our terms. > >> > >> Maharishi is like any other Master, with his own personality, > >> idiosyncrasies, etc. He lives a certain way and asks his followers > > to > >> live a certain way, adhere to particular beliefs, and so on. > > > > > > > > What Maharishi are you talking about? > > > > Certainly not Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the founder of the TM > > technique. The whole idea behind TM was that a practitioner did NOT > > have to live a certain way OR adhere to particular beliefs...just 15- > > 20 minutes of TM twice a day and one goes into activity and lives > > their lives WITHOUT adopting philosophies or religions are > > requirements to doing TM. > > Hey Shemp. 30 years have passed since TM was predominantly presented that > way. Sure, they still say that stuff in intros, but buy the whole enchilada > and you could be (and some are) pursuing an unusual lifestyle based on > Maharishi's beliefs full time. And of course, many of them aren't mere > beliefs - they are founded in experience and some of them in research - but > many aren't.
Funky, despite having several life-threatening illnesses at times early in my TM-ing career, I've had reasonably long stretches of witnessing sleep, waking, etc.,dating back to before I learned any advance technique of Sidhis. Sidhis practice for me yielded a mixed bag of results, including making a series of life-transforming, exceedingly stupid (even for me) decisions that are still affecting me. Even so, I've continued an on-again/off-again relationship with episodes of witnessing. I've even had a flash of what I sometimes think might have been a taste of Unity. For me, the "whole enchilada" really IS contained in the initial technique. All else is merely gravy. 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/
