--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "drpsutphen" <drpsutphen@...> wrote: > > Until I stick my fingers into the wounds in his side, I'll pass on this one! > Back in the day when I was a young TM pup I used to think Thomas lacked > faith. Now I realize that he was the wisest of the disciples. He was nobody's > fool!
So, how much faith do you have in sense perception? > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <LEnglish5@> wrote: > > > > > > In 1973, I met a follower of Yogananda whose GF was a TM teacher living > > > in Switzerland while MMY was there. HE told me a story she told him that > > > she arrived early for an appointment and peeked her head in the door to > > > his room and found him floating above the ground. I protested, saying > > > that if MMY was at the point where he could do that kind of thing, he > > > would have known she was about to enter the room and would have made sure > > > she didn't see anything because that was his thing: to keep his own state > > > of consciousness a secret. > > > > > > Nearly 40 years later, after practicing the TM-Sidhis for almost 29 > > > years, I now realize that the ability to float during TM-Sidhis doesn't > > > mean that much as far as one's ability to be able to do some other > > > arbitrary siddhi while engaging in the first. > > > > > > Doesn't mean that she really did see him floating, but the purported > > > incident took place 5 years or so after the conversation with the > > > Beatles, so it's not a contradiction: in 1968, MMY wasn't doing Yogic > > > Flying. In 1973, allegedly, he was. > > > > > > L > > > > Taping of his room at the Kulm was often done remotely from the video-bus > > parked outside the building. Once one of the operators, name witheld for > > this crowd of nay-sayers, sat down in front of the monitor which was > > directed at Maharish's couch only to see Maharishi slowly arriving at the > > sofa... from above. > > >
