thank Vernon Katz for that, and you understand it because it corroborates your
"TM is God" mind set
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On Tue, 2/25/14, doctordumb...@rocketmail.com <doctordumb...@rocketmail.com>
wrote:
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Transcendental Meditation: Remembering the legacy
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, February 25, 2014, 1:14 PM
I have thumbed through other versions, and talk
about distortion - full of so much flowery commentary, that
any scientific value is lost. Maharishi commented on the
book, and I could figure out what the hell it was about. All
the other translations are, from an intellectual standpoint,
basically, garbage - even Yogananda's.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <mjackson74@...>
wrote:
Anyone who reads
versions of the Gita other than the Marshy version will know
that Marshy distorted a good deal of it to funnel
people's awareness to believe that it was all about TM.
That's not what the Gita says. And marshy didn't
write his commentary - he had a TM'er write it for him,
Vernon Katz I think it was.
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On Tue, 2/25/14, nablusoss1008
<no_re...@yahoogroups.com>
wrote:
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Transcendental Meditation:
Remembering the legacy
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, February 25, 2014, 10:55 AM
His Holiness Maharishi Mahesh
Yogi referred to the Bhagavad Gita as "the pocketbook
edition of the Vedas". It contains all the wisdom
necessary to take us from ignorance to enlightenment.
The Gita's
most important verse,
Maharishi says, is verse 45 of chapter II. Here Krishna
instructs Arjuna:
'Nistrai-gunyo bhavarjuna' . Be without the three
gunas
, O Arjuna. Take your
mind from the field of excitation and chaos, to the state
of
inner Unity, perfect orderliness.
In his commentary on this
verse, Maharishi says, "It is difficult for a man to
improve his business affairs while he himself is constantly
immersed in all their details. If he leaves them for a
little while, he becomes able to see the business as a
whole
and can then more easily decide what is needed".
Similarly, transcending all mental activity results in
great
clarity, peace, and broadened awareness, which naturally
put
life in its proper perspective.
"Water the root, to
enjoy the fruit" , sums up Maharishi. Just as a strong
foundation is necessary for a sturdy structure, so inner
silence is the basis of successful activity. By enlivening
the "root" of the mind, the "vacuum
state" of consciousness, all aspects of life get
nourished. Maharishi had the key for this: Transcendental
Meditation (TM), a technique of effortless transcending.
To understand what TM is, we need
only analyse its name. "Transcend" means to go
beyond; "meditation" refers to thinking. During
TM, the mind goes from the surface, hectic level of
thinking, to more quiet, less excited states, until one
transcends thought altogether, arriving at the silent oasis
of the mind. This is the state of anandam
- pure consciousness - where
the mind is completely calm and fully awake.
For centuries scholars have
said that it is very difficult to transcend thought and
gain
the state of perfect inner peace. Maharishi knew otherwise.
Transcending is easy because the mind experiences
increasing
degrees of happiness at every step of the way. No effort is
required. Any force or control actually prevents the mind
from transcending.
This technique of effortless
transcending is validated by verse 40 of chapter 2:
"In
this (Yoga) no effort is lost and no obstacle exists. Even
a
little of this dharma
delivers from great
fear".
Maharishi commented, "The flow of the mind towards
this
state is natural, for it is a state of absolute bliss, and
the mind is always craving for greater happiness.
Therefore,
as water flows down a slope in a natural way, so the mind
flows naturally in the direction of bliss".
By alternating between
dipping a white cloth in yellow dye, and then hanging it in
the sun, eventually it becomes colourfast. Similarly, the
regular alternation of TM and daily activity results in a
state where pure consciousness becomes permanent. Then one
enjoys inner silence even while engaged in dynamic
activity.
Besides the personal
experience of over 60 lakh people in 140 countries
practising TM, nearly 700 scientific research studies
validate its effectiveness (e.g. increased alertness and
focus, 87 per cent reduction in heart disease, improved
memory, reduced stress).
Maharishi's legacy to
mankind is a remarkably simple, natural procedure, which
nourishes all aspects of life: mental, physical and
spiritual. He said, "Life is here to enjoy and no one
has the right to suffer". For over 50 years, Maharishi
endeavoured to make the world aware of this.
http://
spirituality.indiatimes.com
