Yoga-lite? What could be more effective than a technique that takes the mind to the Self in and easy and effective way?
--- In [email protected], "wgm4u" <wgm4u@...> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], Tom Pall <thomas.pall@> wrote: > > > > On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 8:40 PM, wgm4u <wgm4u@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Yet, no matter how you cut it, TM still works, as Tex would say, "Go > > > figure"! > > > > > > > And it's the only version of meditation, mantra japa, devotion that > > does work, right? Maharishi was not only a great seer (as his title > > implies), he delivered to the world the only way to get in contact > > with the Self and God. And the only householder way to > > enlightenment, as evidence by RC, Rory, Ravi and other "contributors" > > to FFL. So TM works, praise be to Maharishi and His legacy. > > NO, you've got to read between the lines, TM is Yoga-lite for modernity. MMY > never taught Patanjali's Ashtanga Yoga per-se, he modified/tailored it for > modern man/....and Judy. > > According to the great Paramahansa Yogananda there are two basic forms of > meditation, one is passive (like TM) and the other is active (concentration > or Dharana, probably what Maharishi Patanjali actually taught). He > (Paramahansa) believed that Hong-sau concentration and Kriya was superior. > > See "The Science of Religion" which was his first lecture given in these > United States... >
