If purusha had arrived in July and an ice lingam appeared, then I'd be impressed ... but not in the dead of winter.
--- In [email protected], Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: Anthony Antimuro <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Anthony Antimuro <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: 1/31/2006 1:27:43 PM > Subject: FW: An auspicious beginning > > Dear Friends, > > Purusha has landed in the "Land of Wholeness"ΒΈ as Maharishi is fond of > calling Holland. There is a strong sense in the group that coming to be with > Maharishi at this time is a very significant step forward in our evolution. > And indeed the signs for it are very auspicious. > > Normally when Maharishi invites a group to be with him, he lets them rest a > day or two to recoup from travel fatigue. So I was surprised when the > message came on the day after we arrived that he wanted to meet with us. We > are in bungalows in a resort park just 15 minutes drive from MERU. I was one > of the first to arrive at Maharishi's magnificent wood house. It turned out > he didn't call for us to meet with him, but to come see something that had > appeared: an ice linga, the form of Shiva, the aspect of Silence within > Natural Law. Purusha is that Silence within Natural Law so it is correlated > with Shiva. > > The ice linga had appeared on the second floor ledge of Maharishi's house > near where he has his living quarters. If you have seen a picture of his > house you would have noticed a prominent sun room in the center of the > second floor above the entrance. The linga appeared just to the left of that > room. To see it, we actually went upstairs into the sun room, a very kind > invitation that few have ever had the privilege of seeing. Gareth Wallace, > who has an office downstairs, said he had never been upstairs. > > What makes this linga so unusual is that it appeared at all. Nothing like it > had ever appeared on the house before. There was no snow on the roof, and no > gutter from which to leak a drip. But there was a slight drip coming off the > beam above. From where did so much water come? One could only guess. It > seemed highly unlikely that enough water could have leaked under the roof > and run off the beam, but somehow it did, making it all the more mysterious. > > At its highest the linga was about 14-15" tall. When we arrive late in the > afternoon it was about half that. It was not clear ice but frosty white, and > perfectly shaped as lingas seen in stone. The pandits had done puja to it so > there were some flower petals around it. > > When Maharishi was told that the linga had appeared, the first thing he > asked was if Purusha had arrived, and was told that yes, they had just > arrived. So he took it to be a very auspicious sign that Shiva would give > the blessing of an appearance at the time Purusha arrived. > > A VERY good start. > > Jai Guru Dev, > > Steve > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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 <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
