--- In [email protected], "qntmpkt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ---To JIM and other Fairfield "Lifers" (funny - when I was in the > Army in 1968 the term "Lifer" was the most derogatory name one could > think of). At any rate, in answer to your question, Jim, as to where > Vaj got such weird notions, his source is his Guru, Chogyal Namkhai > Norbu. I have his recent book in which Norbu discusses these same > topics (not mentioning TM specifically, but rather silent sitting > meditation, which he calls "dualist".). OTOH Norbu's techniques are > equally if not more dualist on the surface, for example: he promotes > the Song of Vajra, sung or listened to while the aspirant is dancing > on a mandala. Norbu claims to have received this as a "terma" > (secret knowledge transmitted from bygone Sages). What Norbu > overlooks is the physiological component to Enlightenment. Basically, > when the body attains a state of restful alertness, it gets closer to > Unity. We can turn the tables on Vaj. Norbu's Vajra song and dance > disallows the body/mind from diving deeper into a physiological state > conducive toward Transcendence. > Don't get me wrong. Norbu is one of my Gurus. I'm a Buddhist, but > he has NOTHING that can compare to TM!. I will be quoting selected > passages from the works of Norbu.
Hi, and thanks for answering my question. Speaking of things Buddhist, I was recently in a novelty shop that sold all kinds of neat stuff and I bought this 'Grow a Buddha' object, which is a little buddha which is placed in water and over three days increases about ten times in size. Fun! Also, yesterday I was stopped at a stoplight on the way home from work, next to a non-descript pickup truck. There was something shining my way so I looked over and the fellow driving had a golden placard of Gautama Buddha hanging from his rearview mirror, with the sun reflecting off of it... ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Great things are happening at Yahoo! Groups. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/TISQkA/hOaOAA/yQLSAA/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/
