--- In [email protected], "Buck" <dhamiltony2k5@...> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], doctordumbass@ <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > Thanks - Glad it rang true for you, Ravi. > > > > --- In [email protected], Ravi Chivukula <chivukula.ravi@> > > wrote: > > > > > > On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 9:43 PM, doctordumbass@ < > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > ** > > > > > > > > > > > > It is interesting how, when Yogananda said this, probably in the 1920's > > > > or > > > > 30's, it was a big deal in the West to recognize such a thing, 'the > > > > silent > > > > magnetic vibration that emanates from them'. All sorts of psychic stuff, > > > > and 'mystery from the East' was starting to break loose. Nowadays, and > > > > since the 1970's, everybody in the West recognizes 'vibes'. As far as > > > > group > > > > meditation goes, it does work in providing a stronger experience for the > > > > participants. > > > > > > > > As if the teachers from the East became necessary, once the West began > > > > its > > > > headlong rush into technology. Grow a fuller human being, first, before > > > > speeding up time and its consequences, beyond anyone's ability to > > > > calculate > > > > a result. > > > > > > > > Now their time, "The Gurus", as a social force, appears to be over, and > > > > it > > > > is up to each of us, to make our choices. Bon Voyage! > > > > > > > > > > âReally well stated Jim - loved it !!! > > > â > > > > > > > > Dear Doctor; Om no, there is still room for spiritual revolution. Every 10 > or 15 years another articulate transcendentalist will come along. Mysticism > always provides the commentary on materialism. Extreme materialism deserves > extreme criticism and by nature will bring along greater teachers of > mysticism. Eastern mysticism is so much more standardized, studied and > disciplined in this area that it becomes a standard by a default compared to > the Western mind confused by Maya. We'll continue to see our Western mystic > lecturers influenced by the East, like an Emerson was or the more recent > giant and modern luminary, Dr. D.R. Hawkins, and even your own writings here. > Seems always room for teachers who point the way out for the ignorant. > -Buck > Dear Buck, Om, I agree. For society to even function there has to be knowledge of Silence, somewhere. But there is no longer the singular focus in the West, on teachers from the East. It was a wave that lasted about twenty five years, in which specific teachers became very popular in this culture.
Nowadays, such teachers may still be around, and they will attract their adherents, but the social momentum, in general, is far more diverse. Much of Eastern consciousness has already been integrated into the West. We have gone from a few central figures, to a broad array of sustainable choices. The knowledge that emerged from just a few minds, mouths, and hands, is soaking in.:-) -Jai Guru Dev- > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Buck" wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > We become like the people we mingle with, not only through their > > > > conversation, but through the silent magnetic vibration that emanates > > > > from > > > > them. When we come into the range of their magnetism we are affected. > > > > > > > > > > â"Paramahansa Yogananda > > > > > > > > > <snip> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
