On Aug 12, 2005, at 2:54 AM, sparaig wrote: > --- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> On Aug 11, 2005, at 10:16 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: >> >>>> Not if what the 'teachersez' is a spontaneous upadesha aimed > directly >>>> at what you are experiencing. These are intimate matters and if > truly >>>> compassionate they will hit their mark. >>> >>> Agreed. That's a different situation. >>> And rare in the West as far as I can tell. >> >> Relatively speaking (in comparison to large meditation movements), > oh >> yeah. >> >> Although having said that, there are many mahasiddhas and > enlightened >> beings who only met their teacher once or a couple of times in > their >> entire lifetime. Once there's been an authentic "pointing out >> instruction" (of the primordial state) and there is a "connection" >> given to the lineage of masters, that's all one may need. > > So that never happens for someone who learns TM?
Unless TM has radically been "retooled", no. Of course there will always be those who believe TM can do or be *anything*, it's a mantra yoga, it's Sri Vidya, it's the Shankaracharya trad., it's a dessert topping AND a floor polish; it slices, it dices... ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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/
