--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Jul 21, 2006, at 3:30 PM, Paul Mason wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > >>> I've never heard anything other than that. I never > >> heard that Guru Dev himself gave MMY the technique. > > > > On 8th July 1971 in Amherst, U.S.A., Maharishi Mahesh Yogi made the > > following statement which contradicts the assumption that he never > > claimed the TM technique came from Guru Dev Shankaracharya Swami > > Brahmanand Saraswati. > > > > 'But the great impact of Guru Dev, in his lifetime, in bringing out so > > clearly and in such simple words, this technique of TM. And his, his > > blessing for, for this movement which came out much after he left his > > body. Because there was no, no occasion during his lifetime for, for > > any of his intimate blessed disciples to go out of his presence and > > that's why this any such movement to bless the world couldn't have > > started during his time'. > > > As has been repeated here before many times, and also verified by > Dana Sawyer in his research with SBS's sect the Dandis, this is an > old technique, it's nothing new. They are best given through ones > natural love of deity (a particular form or personal deity) or by the > persons individual capacity and constitution. The only thing unique > about TM is the name and a "canned" checking procedure (which is > quite clever, but limited). > > People need to get over this sad clinging that it is so unique. It's > not. It's ubiquitous. One could even add that in it's broader > setting, there are more techniques that expand on this basic > instruction (i.e. TM). > > And as Pete points out, the highest yoga is guru-yoga. Guru-yoga can > be given as a technique and but is not limited by time or distance > (i.e. proximity to the guru). For example one can receive blessing > from even ancient masters if one knows the guru-yoga they used. There > are even guru-yogas for awakening specific states.
Is it possible to buy some books about ancient masters and their blessings in guru-yoga? Ingegerd > ------------------------ 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/
