Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Season's Greetings from Interfaith Charities International

[Vaj]

On Dec 27, 2005, at 10:44 AM, Patrick Gillam wrote: --- authfriend wrote: Gillam wrote: Yet people in the know tell me [the mantra]  is an ishta-deva -- "the  god one prays most" (Wikipedia).  People in *what* know?  People with knowledge of what? I can't cite posts, but I seem to recall that people who've  seen lists of ishta devas have seen the TM mantras on the list.  Maybe there are people reading this who consider the TM  mantras to be ishta devas and would be willing to cite the  basis for their understanding. Yes, these are seed syllables for specific devatas. In general seed syllables of peaceful deities are helpful for finding a calm, peaceful, "transcendental" state. The added benefit is they will awaken prana-kundalini and also produce the effect of that particular devata. If you hang around a TM practitioner long enough, you can tell what their mantra is. There are two types of seed syllables, bijas and yonis. Bijas begin with a consonant and yogis with a vowel. The sequence of letters determines the form. The sarada-tilaka-tantra describes the sequence and meaning of all the TM mantras. I've posted those quotes here before. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "FairfieldLife" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.