--- In [email protected], Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. I will presume that none of these ladies are recluses since you are mentioning Ammachi first, and she is clearly not a recluse. Anyway, what happens today in India or since the beginning of the Kaliyuga is not relevant since this is not Vedic India. The Vedic literature does not indicate that ladies became recluses, except that sometimes a wife would accompany her husband when they abandoned householder life and went to live in the forest after their kids were grown up. > > > > > > 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. 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/
