--- Robert Gimbel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> --What's the "still mind thingy as mentioned below..
> anyone know?

Atma vichara or Self-Inquiry, part of the Ramana
Maharishi tradition. 



> 
> 
> - In [email protected], "jim_flanegin"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
> wrote:
> > --- In [email protected], Vaj
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > 
> > > On Jun 24, 2005, at 1:32 PM, jim_flanegin wrote:
> > > 
> > > > --- In [email protected], Vaj
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
> > wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> One thing you can say about a Master is that
> a Master does not
> > > > merely
> > > >> dispense teaching by puja but by
> adhikara--your own unique 
> > needs, a
> > > >> personal authorization for practice...or at
> least provides 
> you 
> > with
> > > >> skillful means to do so! People read way too
> much into the 
> > wholesale
> > > >> dispensing of mantra.
> > > >
> > > > If the Master is enlightened, it seems to me
> that 'teaching by 
> > puja'
> > > > is the same as 'by adhikara'. Both obtain the
> same result, 
> > though the
> > > > seeker may view it as two different methods.
> > > 
> > > Can I supersize your McMeditation or would you
> like an Amrit 
> > Kalash 
> > > with that mantra?
> > 
> > no thanks, just the 'basic' mantra please. 
> > 
> > In all seriousness, I've not received any
> 'advanced techniques' or 
> > played with MAPI products at all, except for a cup
> of vata tea 
> every 
> > couple months or so.
> > 
> > I did get the sidhis and did them for awhile,
> though they are more 
> > of an adjunct to meditation. Now I just use the
> same mantra I 
> > received originally. And the still mind thingie I
> picked up here 
> on 
> > the board.
> 
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