--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ah, darshan...a favorite topic of mine, because 1) I have > experienced it many times, although never with Maharishi > (his energy, for whatever reason, never did diddleysquat > for me), and 2) I have an alternative way of describing > the phenomenon. > > The phenomenon you describe exists. No question about it. > You sit in the presence of some people and you get high.
Great post, Barry! It definitely relates to me and Waking Down, as the whole process (for me, at least) is driven by the gazing meditation. However, I only got a high from it a couple times at last year's Estes Park retreat. Most of the time it's just mildly pleasant, neutral, or somewhat unsettling. And, for the first year or so, the effects afterward were brutal in that they initiated a free-fall into all the internal shit I'd been trying to avoid and not feel for decades. I like your analysis of darshan, and the mechanics are likely an accurate description of what happens in gazing, however, because of Waking Down's unique "spiritual DNA", to use the term Saniel Bonder uses to describe the different nature of the various awakening traditions, the effect is probably quite a bit different from most darshans. I felt a bit woozy being in the hall with MMY those few times, but it never had the effect of sinking me up to my eyeballs in the dung of a thousand sleeping elephants. Alex 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/
