Group meditations were very much part of what was offered in learning
meditation in the old days of TM. Group meditations were definitely a feature
at the ™ Centers that were doing well initiating a lot of people. The group
meditations were important to that for all the reasons [spiritual and then
scientific] listed further below.
I find it telling that the encouragement to meditate in a group came only
AFTER the emergence of the Siddhi flying program.
Prior to that there was no such encouragement
Those meditator group meditations became overlooked whence the TMO became
Sidhis-centric and as the teaching of ™ fell apart once the more honed TM
teaching movement based on initiating, group meditations, and residence courses
got displaced by the ‘teams of four’ around 1977 that came everywhere to take
over the local teaching of ™ and administrate the sidhis.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <dhamiltony...@yahoo.com> wrote :
Is it necessary to meditate with the group?
Meditating as a group creates a more powerful spiritual vibration than
meditating alone. Amma has designed each session of the meditation retreat to
increase the spiritual benefits to each participant. She asks that we all
attend every meditation together, and not meditate alone in our rooms. If you
would like to start meditating before the first session, you are welcome to
come to the main meditation room and start early. -Karunamayi
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <dhamiltony...@yahoo.com> wrote :
The 'Collective Meditation'
-Spiritual Regeneration Movement NEWSLETTER
May 1965
Maharishi Concludes Five World Tours
"His Holiness returned to India on 20th March, 1965 after a successful
nine-month world tour.
..A special feature of this tour was the keen interest generated in scientific
circles in England, Germany and America, where scientists are now conducting
experiments to assess the effects of Deep Meditation.."
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <dhamiltony...@yahoo.com> wrote :
"An event of unique importance took place on the 28th of March, at
Shankaracharya Nagar, Rishikesh. The saints and Mahatmas of Uttarakhand
assembled on the ground of the Academy of Meditation to invoke the benign grace
and the almighty power of the gods to right the wrongs of today's world
society."
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <dhamiltony...@yahoo.com> wrote :
..in "Duty-bound"
The "collective meditation" of "Deep Meditation",
"In welcoming the saints and Mahatmas, Maharishi said that the world today
needed the intercession of the saints who are established n themselves and are
therefore, nearer to the almighty power. The situation of the world now
demanded of the people a powerful invocation of the grace of gods to fill the
atmosphere with peace and purity. This, he said, can be effectively done by
those who by long practice of meditation and various spiritual disciplines, had
gained the privilege of being nearer to the seat of divine power and mercy. The
saints of Uttarakhand therefore were in duty-bound to intercede on behalf of
the people and invoke the grace of gods to alleviate human suffering."
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <dhamiltony...@yahoo.com> wrote :
"..After Maharishi had stressed the importance and purpose of the assembly of
the Saints and Mahatmas..
Then the party entered the 84 caves of Shakaracharya Nagar, where collective
meditation was held for one hour. So soon as everyone had taken their seats in
the caves, the meditation started with a recitation of Vedic hymns, and as
everyone sank deep within, nature herself was absorbed in silence. There was
utter stillness for one solid hour, at the end of which, the meditation was
broken by a recitation of vedic slokas. The saints who are accustomed to long
meditation felt the powerful intensity of today's collective meditation. It was
decided to continue collective meditation regularly every Sunday until
atmospheric tension abates.”
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <dhamiltony...@yahoo.com> wrote :
Anybody have short quotes from the TM movement about the value of group
meditation? Doing TM in a group. Something from the old days of Maharishi in
the time before the siddhis?
There are plenty enough of charts and pronouncement of a value for practicing
the TM-Siddhis in a group. How about for pre-siddhis meditators and group
meditation? It seems that some portion of the meditating community is not
interested in practicing the TM-Siddhis, at least for that long as they do in
the Domes now.
Is there a value to just meditating in a group. Evidently Fred Travis has
data that shows that there is a spiritual value related to proximity and
numbers of meditators meditating.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <dhamiltony...@yahoo.com> wrote :
Group meditation is a castle that protects the new spiritual aspirants as well
as the veteran meditators. Meditating together increases the degree of
Self-realization of each member of the group by the law of invisible vibratory
exchange of group magnetism. —Paramahansa
Yogananda in Seeking God Together
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <dhamiltony...@yahoo.com> wrote :
..Group meditations strengthen the individuals. When you're in meditation with
other devotees you don't know how much you help one another. It gives you
strength. There is a vibration that is created that strengthens, and supports,
and encourages each one. So when you sit to meditate just remember this.
—Sri Daya Mata on the SRF tape Karma Yoga
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <dhamiltony...@yahoo.com> wrote :
Group meetings to practice the techniques of meditation are vitally important.
Group meetings strengthen the individual Self-realization that one has acquired
in private at home. -Paramahansa Yogananda
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <dhamiltony...@yahoo.com> wrote :
Group meditation helps to disperse the dark clouds of man's obliviousness to
the Sun of All Life, that its warm, liberating rays may burst forth in his
soul.
-Self-Realization Fellowship in Meeting For Group Meditation
"In welcoming the saints and Mahatmas, Maharishi said that the world today
needed the intercession of the saints who are established n themselves and are
therefore, nearer to the almighty power. The situation of the world now
demanded of the people a powerful invocation of the grace of gods to fill the
atmosphere with peace and purity. This, he said, can be effectively done by
those who by long practice of meditation and various spiritual disciplines, had
gained the privilege of being nearer to the seat of divine power and mercy. The
saints of Uttarakhand therefore were in duty-bound to intercede on behalf of
the people and invoke the grace of gods to alleviate human suffering."
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <dhamiltony...@yahoo.com> wrote :
"..After Maharishi had stressed the importance and purpose of the assembly of
the Saints and Mahatmas..
Then the party entered the 84 caves of Shakaracharya Nagar, where collective
meditation was held for one hour. So soon as everyone had taken their seats in
the caves, the meditation started with a recitation of Vedic hymns, and as
everyone sank deep within, nature herself was absorbed in silence. There was
utter stillness for one solid hour, at the end of which, the meditation was
broken by a recitation of vedic slokas. The saints who are accustomed to long
meditation felt the powerful intensity of today's collective meditation. It was
decided to continue collective meditation regularly every Sunday until
atmospheric tension abates.”
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <dhamiltony...@yahoo.com> wrote :
Anybody have short quotes from the TM movement about the value of group
meditation? Doing TM in a group. Something from the old days of Maharishi in
the time before the siddhis?
There are plenty enough of charts and pronouncement of a value for practicing
the TM-Siddhis in a group. How about for pre-siddhis meditators and group
meditation? It seems that some portion of the meditating community is not
interested in practicing the TM-Siddhis, at least for that long as they do in
the Domes now.
Is there a value to just meditating in a group. Evidently Fred Travis has
data that shows that there is a spiritual value related to proximity and
numbers of meditators meditating.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <dhamiltony...@yahoo.com> wrote :
Group meditation is a castle that protects the new spiritual aspirants as well
as the veteran meditators. Meditating together increases the degree of
Self-realization of each member of the group by the law of invisible vibratory
exchange of group magnetism. —Paramahansa
Yogananda in Seeking God Together
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <dhamiltony...@yahoo.com> wrote :
..Group meditations strengthen the individuals. When you're in meditation with
other devotees you don't know how much you help one another. It gives you
strength. There is a vibration that is created that strengthens, and supports,
and encourages each one. So when you sit to meditate just remember this.
—Sri Daya Mata on the SRF tape Karma Yoga
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <dhamiltony...@yahoo.com> wrote :
Group meetings to practice the techniques of meditation are vitally important.
Group meetings strengthen the individual Self-realization that one has acquired
in private at home. -Paramahansa Yogananda
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <dhamiltony...@yahoo.com> wrote :
Group meditation helps to disperse the dark clouds of man's obliviousness to
the Sun of All Life, that its warm, liberating rays may burst forth in his
soul.
-Self-Realization Fellowship in Meeting For Group Meditation
