--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "peterklutz" <peterklutz@> > wrote: > > > > > > Excerpt from "God Talks with Arjuna, THE BHAGAVAD GITA," by > Paramahams > > a Yogananda, VII:1.. > > > > http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0876120311/sr=1- > 2/qid=1143977568/ref=pd_bbs_2/103-6060852-2072635?% > 5Fencoding=UTF8&s=books > > > > "WHEN A YOGI MECHANICALLY PRACTICES yoga methods, without focusing > his > > attention with devotion on the omnipresent God, his mind becomes > > concentrated on the path rather than on the goal." > > > > >
> Of course, TM might be said to transcend even that, so the comment > doesn't apply. > *************** Right, TM is a "pathless path," but Yogananda, who mainly relied on the physical culture of Kriya Yoga ( http://www.kriya-yoga.org/ ), wouldn't know anything about that. Correct practice of TM involves neither focusing on God or "the path." However, as MMY notes in his commentary on Ch. 4, v.25 of the Gita, there are people who are suitable for transcending through worshipping (while TM is suitable for everybody, regardless of qualities of heart and mind): "This necessitates entering into the subtle phases of the act of worship. And this most successfully done in a systematic manner by taking the name or form of the god and experiencing it in its subtler states until the mind transcends the sublest state and attains transcendental consciousness. Those who are highly emotional, however, may even transcend through an increasing feeling of love for the god during the process of making offerings." 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/
