claudiouk wrote: >I wonder about this obssession, genuinely felt of course, >concerning "correct" mantras - whether they are right for one's body >type or householder status or whatever. Is it more >about "reinforcement" for the EGO, to inspire and motivate it - it >needs to feel that it's doing something unique and special and >exclusive etc for it to perservere along the meditative path; same >with its "religious" affiliations - only ITS version is the TRUE >religion, meditation technique, mantra etc. > >What if this is another of Nature's tricks.. like love and sex - we >are catapulted into feelings and behaviours that serve quite a >different "purpose" (the SURVIVAL of the species). Suppose it doesn't >matter WHAT the mantra is - one is supported in the practice by the >BELIEF that it is the ONLY path etc - Nature's way of ensuring >regular practice and, eventually, the LIBERATION of the species. > >Although there MAY BE finer aspects of mantra choice that are more or >less facilitative for transcending purposes, I wonder if in the scale >of effects it is THAT important. I'm sure, for instance, that one can >have an OK life living in a building with a southern entrance. Guru >Dev's cave might not have been "ideal" (was it?) but then much of >life isn't.. one has to make do with imperfections and still move on. > >But the most persuasive argument, I think, is that even in the >ABSENCE of Vedic knowledge there have been individuals who did attain >higher states of consciousness and even siddhi powers from entirely >different traditions - Buddhist, Christian etc. > >If the process is mental with correlated physiology, perhaps no >matter what the "sound" impulse one takes as a mantra initially is, >it will get duly "refined" and result in transcendental >consciousness. In fact the more biological one views this human >capacity the less the cultural character of the vehicle for >transcendence becomes. > >The fact that Maharishi changed his mantras about and didn't give non- >householder mantras to people who effectively opted for the reclusive >lives etc further emphasises the flexibility, perhaps, of mantra >choice... > > A working automobile will take you to a given location. A broken down '78 Chevy might get you there. A Volkswagen will get you there cheaper. A Porsche will get you there faster, more expensively, and in class. And so on.... depends on how you want to travel. ;-)
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