--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > <snip> > > > > Hmmm... how big a difference would it make if > > > > one translated "samaadhau" to 'in samaadhi' instead > > > > of 'to samaadhi'? I seem to recall that Vyaasa or > > > > Bhoja comments that siddhis tend to make samaadhi weaker, but > they > > > > don't obstruct it alltogether (provided I've understood > > > > the Sanskrit approximately correctly). > > > > > > Don't know nuttin' about the Sanskrit, but recall > > > that according to MMY, the function of practicing > > > the TM-Sidhis is to "challenge" samadhi, as with > > > the metaphor of the sun fading the yellow dye in the > > > context of plain-vanilla TM. Activity following > > > meditation "challenges" the samadhi that remains > > > after meditation, which ultimately results in > > > strengthening it and making it permanent. > > > > > > The intense color of the dye when the cloth comes > > > out of the dye vat is "weakened" by the sun, but > > > what remains is what has become permanent. The > > > permanent part is added to incrementally with each > > > dip into the vat until it's all permanent. But > > > that wouldn't have happened if it wasn't "weakened" > > > by the sun each time. > > > > > > Don't know if this has anything to do with it, but > > > the possible parallel struck me as interesting. > > > > The sidhis challenge/weaken samadhi on the most fundamental level > > possible. > > You know, I never connected the yellow dye analogy > with the TM-Sidhis' "challenge" to samadhi before; > I sure don't recall the parallel being part of what > we were taught about the techniques. It was eki's > mention of "weakening" that made me think of it. > Now it seems obvious. Did I just miss that part?
I recall it being presented as a more subtle set of activities that stabilize pure consciousness at a more fundamental level. ------------------------ 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/
