Rick Archer wrote: >on 6/19/05 2:08 AM, bbrigante at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >>--- In [email protected], cardemaister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>wrote: >> >> >>>--- In [email protected], Robert Gimbel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>wrote: >>> >>> >>>> >>>>I'm not sure what Maharishi has said about the AUM sound; >>>> >>>> >>>> >>OM is the first sound of creation, it contains all the energy in an >>undifferentiated form that is later structured by the hymns of the >>Vedas. So if you are living in a cave, using OM as a mantra, which >>aligns one with the undifferentiated, is OK, since a cave dweller does >>not need to function in society. But OM (used a mantra for meditation, >>not just the occasional use in saying a prayer or whatever) is a >>problem for a householder who needs to function in many differentiated >>ways, that's why there are householder mantras (derived from the Rig >>Veda). As far as ladies not using OM as a mantra, I have read a lot of >>Vedic literature and I don't recall any (human) ladies following the >>recluse path >> >> > >Ammachi, Shree Maa, Karunamayi, Mirabai, Mother Meera, etc. etc. > > >>Maharishi on sanyasi mantra (OM): >> >>http://www.trancenet.org/secrets/beacon/beacon2.shtml >> >> > >Sounds reasonable but I know a lot of people who have been meditating with >OM for years and are wealthy, successful, and happy. So I guess a controlled >study is in order. > > > I don't do know of any other tradition which believes this Om thing outside of TM. Do you?
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