--- In [email protected], bbrigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], Vaj <vajranatha@> wrote: > > > > On Mar 15, 2006, at 7:00 PM, authfriend wrote: > > > > > --- In [email protected], Vaj <vajranatha@> wrote: > > > > > > > > On Mar 15, 2006, at 6:13 PM, authfriend wrote: > > > > > > > > > I'm familiar with it in the context of the TM-Sidhis. > > > > > Where is this "official movement translation of the > > > > > term" to be found in the context of plain-vanilla TM? > > > > > > > > "Steadiness" is a popular TMer word for dharana. > > > > > > Vaj, you're blowing it out your nether regions. > > > > Hey it's Mahesh's trans., not mine, take it up with his nether > > regions! > > > "Absolute bliss being always there, the experience of happiness > > thus depends upon the degree of steadiness of mind." -MMY > > > > More focus of mind might just make you happier Judy. Try it! > > ******************* > > Naturally you have completely misunderstood what MMY said, which > has nothing to do with the effort of focusing the mind, but on > simply living with a peaceful mind: > > MMY's Gita commentary, Ch II, v. 66 > "If the mind is more steady, it is in a better position to > experience greater happiness. As on a calmer surface of water the > sun reflects more clearly, so a calmer mind receives a clerer > reflection of the omnipresent bliss of the absolute Being. As the > mind fathoms finer fields of thinking during meditation, the > metabolism is simultaneously reduced. This establishes the nervous > system in degrees of ever-increasing peace. Eventually, when the > entire nervous system comes to a completely peaceful state, it > reflects Being, and this gives rise to bliss- > consciousness....Absolute bliss being always there, the experience > of happiness thus depends upon the degree of steadiness of mind. If > the mind is more collected, more peaceful, it experiences more > happiness."
That's what I figured; the quote had nothing to do with the question at issue--and it wasn't even a translation in the first place. Thanks for locating it. I don't understand why this forum tolerates scam artists like Vaj and Barry. ------------------------ 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/
