On 8/21/2014 9:30 AM, Michael Jackson [email protected]
[FairfieldLife] wrote:
You are wearing soma tinted glasses - read Call No Man Master - that
lady chronicles Marshy's descent into greed in the 1960s. Keep your
illusions tho, I am sure they will make your golden years very cozy.
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Call No Man Master:
"I began to think that Maharishi's meditation, and possibly all forms of
mantric meditation, had something of a similar nature behind them. But
in the case of Maharishi, the great boost that was given at the
beginning, by the power he seemed to be able to call upon through the
tradition of Shankara, was almost like the tail of a rocket launcher,
that gets the missile off the ground at a great rate, then drops back as
soon as it is under way on its own power. Hence the ease and delight
with which people meditated at their initiation and for a few days
afterwards."
"Call No Man Master"
by Joyce Collin-Smith
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*From:* "[email protected] [FairfieldLife]"
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*Subject:* [FairfieldLife] Re: 8/21-Maharishi: We are bound by the
non-awareness of the Unbounded not by material possessions
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**8/21/14-Maharishi: We are bound by the non-awareness of the
Unbounded not by material possessions*
QUESTION: "I understand that in the third state of consciousness
[waking] we are bound by the effects of our actions and our material
possessions. My question is: do material possessions, material
ownership, wealth, inhibit our...."
MAHARISHI: "Let me remark at this point, at this stage of your
question. We are not bound by material possessions EVER. We are bound
by the non-awareness of the Unbounded. As long as we are not aware of
the Unbounded, we are bound by EVERYTHING.
We are not bound by our material possessions. Material possessions
don't bind us. What they do is liberate us from the pangs of
unfulfilled desires. Our desire is to get this and this and this, and
then if we don't get, we feel miserable. Whatever we have, that is a
solace to us in that misery. Material possessions are not a means of
bondage. If anything they are a source of solace in our weakness. They
do not bind us. If anything, they are a source of solace, contentment,
happiness, joy, peace.
Possessions will always be a means of joyfulness. It is the
non-possessions that bind us in the craving to get them. Do you see
the point? It is something that we don't possess, that non-possession
binds us in the craving to possess it. Possessions are not a bondage.
They are a means of joy, happiness.
What is bondage? Lack of awareness of the Unbounded. That means:
ignorance, ignorance of our unbounded nature, ignorance that the Self
within is unbounded, eternal, infinite, absolute, bliss. Lack of
knowledge about this is ignorance, and this ignorance is a bondage to
us. Material possessions are never a bondage. They are a means of
happiness."
I gotta say, I haven't listened to MMY for a long, long time but this
second post in this "series" is another good one. That Maharishi guy
certainly knew a thing or two. Take what you want and leave the rest,
folks. If you can't get past despising MMY then just read the words as
if they appeared out of thin air. I think Humboldt was the place to be
in 1970. Yup, TM's Golden Age for sure. Before Vastu, before Rajas,
before the Movement's promotion of Ayurveda or the asking of large
donations or even of the Siddhis. Things were still innocent and fresh.
~"Growth of Consciousness" (Videotape) -- August 1970~
~Humboldt State University, Arcata, USA~
Jai Guru Dev
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