--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Haven't you ever considered the possibility that > > > > > > > Maharishi just said that to get people to pay a > > > > > > > lot of money for his made-up "Patanjali" tech- > > > > > > > niques, and to keep practicing them? > > > > > > > > > > > > Okay, I am getting a bit confused here. > > > > > > > > > > > > Are you a TMSP-practitioner yourself? > > > > > > > > > > I took the Sidhis course, "flew" the first day, > > > > > was bored with the whole thing by the second > > > > > day. Haven't practiced them in decades. > > > > > > > > > > I just don't believe that the techniques that > > > > > are taught by Maharishi have *anything* to do > > > > > with what Patanjali was talking about. They're > > > > > a made-up invention in my opinion. > > > > > > > > > > I also don't believe that the siddhis have > > > > > *anything* whatsoever to do with enlightenment > > > > > or the cultivation thereof. Apples and oranges. > > > > > > > > > > Clear enough? > > > > > > > > No,no, not at all. If I was your guru I'd tell you > > > > that knowledge can't be only intellectual, you must > > > > have the direct experience. So practice the siddhis > > > > regularly for 28 years, then you will know directly. > > > > > > And if Maharishi were my guru, and I were still > > > "on the program," I'd probably believe it. Many > > > obviously still do. > > > > > > The question seems to be, "Which will come first > > > for these TBs -- doubt or death? > > > > IMO, doubt comes first, followed inevitably by death. > > That sounds off the program to me. If you're > a real TB, it should be the other way around. > I am not sure that a even a fanatic, intuiting his/her own demise would be free of doubt just previous to their extinction.
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