Since MMY likely wasn't using those mantras in his meditation practice, I don't understand why you think this is relevant.
L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson <mjackson74@...> wrote: > > the guy who wrote the books says that when he was made a teacher on the > Rishikesh course (yeah the one with the Beatles) Marshy wrote the 2 mantras > the guy was supposed to teach on a pad of paper with the ages that were > appropriate - under 13 years of age, one for over 13 > > I guess since Marshy was "enlightened" it was ok for him to write the mantras > down > > > > > ________________________________ > From: sparaig <LEnglish5@...> > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2013 6:11 PM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Secrets of the Mantras > > > > Â > In TM theory, it isn't that mantras are kept secret for the sake of a > secret,, but because the process of meditation and the process of speaking > the mantra aloud or writing it down, are contrary to one another. > > There's even a physiological explanation that might explain why this is so. > > L > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <noozguru@> wrote: > > > > On 04/21/2013 01:14 PM, Michael Jackson wrote: > > > Just got off the phone with one of my old TM friends in North Carolina - > > > he just finished reading the Secret of the Mantras - if what he told me > > > was accurate I don't see how one could read the book and not see what a > > > damned old fraud Marshy was > > > > > > > I recall when I came back from TTC I bought a book on the Vedas that had > > recently been published. In the book I found the list of many of the > > beej mantras used in TM with the statement that "many Indians recite > > these mantras before having sex." :-D > > > > Mantras in general are not secret at all. However one given my a guru > > is generally kept secret because of the belief that it will weaken the > > effect of the mantra for the practitioner if they give it out. This is > > true even if the guru gives everyone the same mantra. > > >
