Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: balancing techniques

[Llundrub]

I have never had a guru.     ----- Original Message ----- From: Bhairitu To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 8:42 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: balancing techniques Llundrub wrote: >Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: balancing techniques > > >on 6/20/05 10:05 AM, Llundrub at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >  Yes, just OM! > > >So I wonder whether meditating on OM by itself might make one a recluse while meditating with a longer mantra that contains OM might not, as my friend suggested in the comment I posted here yesterday. > >I have a basic problem with these generalizations based on heresay.  > >For the basic reason that when I used to do TM at MIU I wanted to be a recluse and escape from all the cares of the world, and that was using my non-OM mantra. So I can only imagine if what Maharishi says about OM is true that I would have probably wanted to run screaming from samsara. Moreover, my desires had no support at MIU and I was miserable.   > >So I ask, what is the real difference?  > >My experience, which I consider to be the only important thing in the world, confirms for me that the mantras which I have used since TM, most of which contain OM as a part are extremely effective in very vaulable ways, and they have only bettered my life.  > >When I used to do Mahalakshmi Sadhana I used two main mantras which together are: >Om shrim klim mahalakshmiyei namaha Om shrim hrim shrim kamala kamalalayei praseed praseed shrim hrim shrim om mahalakshmiyei namaha.  Many Oms, I had much benefit from doing this 250,000 times. > >  > <snip> If you have a "guru mantra" then the amount of repetitions required to attain mantra siddhi are significantly reduced.  It's also interesting to note that the "secret" mantras are often much shorter. :) To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' 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 the Yahoo! Terms of Service.