--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> > wrote: > > > <snip>He later warns you will never attain CC/jivan- > > mukti if you practice samyama: > > > > "In this way he (the samyama yogi) falls away from the attainment > of > > the goal of life (CC)." > > > > Then he repeats Patanjali for a second time: > > > > "These are obstacles to samadhi; they are powers in the worldly > > state." > > > > He continues with even more warnings. > > > > http://tinyurl.com/cx4ff > > > Yeah, it is a misintepretation of what these writers are saying, > that the sutras exert a powerful influence over our perception and > abilities, and not to get lost in this powerful influence, or maya. > > I think this is why TM is included as part of the practice of the > sidhis, because this ensures that the continued 'fast' experience of > transcending to Pure Conciousness [with TM] 'purifies' the practice > of the sidhis, keeping the mind focused on the end goal, and helping > to avoid getting lost in the sidhis practice. > > No question the sidhis are very very powerful. One of their most > useful aspects is the use of this power to increase perception so > that we can more easily see Reality in everyday activity, and by so > doing discriminate it from falseness. The 'side effect' though, is > that this practice completely destroys the grip of the limited self > on our awareness. > > So rather than understanding the sidhis as an impediment to > liberation, when practiced as the TM-Sidhis program, they are a > massive accelerator towards liberation. >
For samadhi, they are an obstacle [to be challenged and overcome, thereby strengthening the connection between activity and samadhi]; for the relative, they are perfections. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> See what's inside the new Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/2pRQfA/bOaOAA/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/
