--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip> > Thus when one uses a magical > formula, one exhausts a cause--accumulated virtues--and manifests a > particular form--the siddhi (e.g. "yogic hopping"). If the > underlying > intent of the action is not for something greater than ego, it > tends to > result in forms of spiritual narcissism and egocentricity. This no > doubt forms much of the basis for the almost universal insistence > that > if we are interested in enlightenment, the yogic siddhis are best > avoided. Lacking a good motivation, the yogic siddhis tend to > cultivate > a form of "narcissus" where we must endlessly discuss our > experiences > rather than manifesting the state-beyond-discussion of meditative > experiences characteristic of the state of enlightenment.
When I applied for the TM-Sidhis course, we were required to state in our own words, in writing, why we wanted to learn. As I recall, there were only two acceptable answers: to help promote world peace and an end to suffering, and to further one's own enlightenment. Also, it's not clear to me why discussing one's experiences and manifesting the state-beyond- discussion should be mutually exclusive. (In any case, discussion of experiences during practice is not encouraged beyond the instructional setting.) 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/
