--- In [email protected], wmurphy77 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "dhamiltony2k5" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > >MMY's > > > biggest mistake was, is, and always will be, the Siddhi's program! > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" wrote: > > > > > > > Unless you happen to find the Siddhis program of personal use, of > > course... > > > > Yeah, on my siddhi course w/MMY at the end there was this > clamouring > > for people to receive advanced TM techniques from MMY before they > > went home. He laughed derisively at this and said, "i have just > > given you the key to the universe and you want advanced techniques?" > > > > On that course he gave these great lectures about the patanjali > Yoga > > Sutras and the siddhis. Really great understanding about how you > do > > the siddhis in form. In the sequence of things i am glad he came > > along with this back then. > > You can use the form of Patanjali to all kinds of good end with any > > of the maha vedic mantras or just simple spiritual practice. The > > same kind of patanjalaic description for how you can meditate is > > taught with Karunamayi also. It is not like Patanjali is > tradmarked > > or MMY taught anything new. He definitely packaged it. > > > > As for the long decline, it was very much in his hands as he > > dismantled the teaching organization back in 1977 that had become > so > > effective to that point. He (MMY) made the decision to supplant > the > > whole thing with the chaos of the returning vedic atoms from those > > early TM-siddhi 'governor training' courses (mid & late 70's). It > > was a monumental decision which was very human and all his. I was > > there and watched him do it. It was pretty clearly a whim that was > > a bad administrative choice of his. Yes, he traded the old TMorg > as > > a teaching org. for a series of cash cows of what then became the > > intervening years of the TMorg. From then it really became about > > real estate and profit-centers for him. The great teacher? > > > > Jai Guru Dev, -Doug > > > Seems right to me, I don't question his intentions, just his > administrative ability. BTW, I doubt most Siddhas do samyama from the > level of the transcendent, far from it! IMHO. Billyg. >
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