>From David Shaprio, on Purusha Dear friends, Maharishi's family,
After almost 48 hours of buses, cars, cabs, planes and trains, 50 Purusha arrived at the Allahabad train station at midnight, early on the morning of February 11 and took powered vehicles to our Maharishi Ashram some 20 kilometers from the city, on the west side of Mother Ganges near the holy confluence of the Yamuna and Ganga rivers during a Holy Mela, annual festival to celebrate this confluence. As we arrived we left our baggage and walked to the SanskaraShala where Maharishi's body was wrapped in Silk and surrounded by an ocean of rose petals. Waiting in line, we each stepped up and paid respects to that embodiment of Totality, the Supreme Knower of Reality, Compassion Incarnate, Organizing Power Supreme, the Transfomer of this world from Kala Yuga to Sat Yuga. After some time we would each sit and meditate. For me, I sat down and opened my eyes after what seemed a few instants. It had been three hours. Few people were left in the hall, it being almost 3 am. So, I walked and found my luggage and a Purusha tent to stay in. The next day, we witnessed the ShankaraCharya perform the cremation ceremony. This performance, prescribed in all its details by the Shankaracharya with top pandits and jyotishis, gave each of us around the world another opportunity to be with the great One in his unfettered state, adjusting to the new relationship between us and Maharishi in his Mahasamadhi state. I was reminded of Maharishi's description of Guru Dev in Love and God. Maharishi essentially said that, with the dropping away of Guru Dev's body, He now reverberated in the hearts of his devotees as Brahmananada Bahmaleena. He who is eternal is now eternally free and always available in the hearts of the devotees, nourishing and guiding everything without restriction. Those who are anywhere in this world are close to him based upon their purity of nervous system, not based upon who sits where or even who says what or does what. To be in India or to be in Fairfield or anywhere is certainly no assurance of closeness of distance. So, we live the purity of life and aim for that Brahman consciousness, fully matured Unity Consciousness, Union with the Divine. Wishing you all-time connection with the Divine Grace of Maharishi, the abode of all the highest possibilities for life. Jai Guru Dev David No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.20.5/1279 - Release Date: 2/14/2008 6:35 PM 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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
