Even tho there is none of the "Marshy is coming to save the world" crap this guy is fantasizing about in the Linga Purana, there are some real gems of wisdom in it - here is a sampling of them:
Omens There are some omens which are sure signs of impending death. There is a nakshatra (star) named Arundhati. (This is in the constellation Ursa Majoris.) A person who cannot see Arundhati, the Pole Star or the Milky way (Chhayapatha) is sure to die within a year. A person to whom the radiance of the sun seems to be diminished, will die within eleven months. One who dreams of vomiting gold or silver has but ten months to live. A dreamer who dreams of golden trees, cities of the gandharvas or ghosts or demons will die after nine months. If you suddenly lose or put on weight, you have but eight months to live. A person who leaves an incomplete footprint on dust or mud will not live for more than seven months. A maximum lifespan of six months is indicated if a crow, vulture or dove alights on one’s head. A person w ho is surrounded by crows when he walks or a person who is surounded by dust does not live for more than four or five months. This is also the case if one’s reflection happens to be distorted. A person who hears thunder when there are no clouds in the sky or a person who sees a rainbow in the water has but three months to live. If the reflection is incomplete, or if the reflection has a severed head, the person will die within a month. An individual who reeks of the smell of dead bodies will die within fifteen days. Ten days of life is all that is left for someone who has smoke billowing out of his head. Death is nigh if one dreams of traveling southwards in a chariot drawn by bears or monkeys. This is all the more the case if one happens to be singing or dancing while thus traveling. The implications are the same if the dreamer dreams of being submerged in a cesspool of mud. One will die soon if one dreams of being set upon by warriors dressed in black. Death is also indicated if jackals greet one at the stroke of dawn. When a lamp is extinguished, a smell of burning lingers in the air. If you cannot smell this, you will die soon. There are several more omens. The only salvation, if such omens are seen, lies in praying to Shiva. -------------------------------------------- On Mon, 4/21/14, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Maharishi Mahesh is Shiva incarnated on the earth To: [email protected] Date: Monday, April 21, 2014, 11:47 AM Nice blog. I enjoyed reading it. Those were fun times. MJ, I am sorry that you are so angry that you can not appreciate them now. Rick Archer once asked Ammachi about spiritual dissonance of different teachers. She asked, did you gain anything of value? He affirmed he did. She gave a good answer then, “If you are walking along and find a diamond in a pile of shit what do you do?” .. . “Pick it out and wash it off.” was her answer. .. . Sage advice. It seems sad you just keep stepping in the shit and track it all around now. -Buck mjackson74 writes: Its this kind of shit that makes people realize the extreme cult thinking that can take place in the TM Movement - thank you for posting and confirming the cult mentality srijauwrote: Rajas were part of this Lila as narrated by Linga Purana https://www.facebook.com/MaharishiVedicCookingschool/posts/10152084286875835 Subject: [FairfieldLife] Maharishi Mahesh is Shiva incarnated on the earth To: [email protected] Date: Monday, April 21, 2014, 3:08 AM .
