--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I think the element which is missing in many is the intention to > > surrender to the highest manifest as well as transcendent. > For most > > westerners TM is more a self improvement than a devotion. > For Indians > > the mantras are the energies of their Ishtadevatas > or form of God. > > This is not true for westerners who have a different > conceptual way of > > understanding God. This of course does not mean that > westerners can't > > do TM with the intention to surrender in devotion but > many do it out > > of ego rather than as a means of letting go of ego. > > >>> > > Yeah, right. As though surrender has anything to do with intent. > >>>
IMHO, surrendering the EGO has everything to do with it. The EGO is that prideful cloud that separates us from ONENESS- Advaita( non-duality ). It's not one ego surrendering to another ego: like many of us have done unwittingly with MMY and his egoic world plan; It is surrendering one's EGO and all of it's negativities which separates us from our true nature( God, Self, Love, Atman ). namasivaya, anatol 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/
