--- In [email protected], Robert Gimbel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It has occurred to me, that in Maharishi Patajali's writings; > On the Yoga Sutras, that he seems to warn about the 'Super-normal Abilities, > Or Siddhis, as an adjunct, but not the goal. > And Maharishi used to make it a fairly strong point, in SCI, > That the 'gold mines and silver mines' along the way; > Were not as important as 'capturing the fort, of enlightenment, Samadhi. > Somewhere the movement got off on what Pantajali had warned of; > And into some power trip, with this flying business; > That no longer could the average person relate to the original teaching of: > Maharishi's- to attain Samadhi, not necessarily to gain any particular: > "Power" or Power's... > Then came the power of the political 'Natural Law Party', and then the 'World Government', > Everything ends up happening in Fairfield anyway; > So, why not just go back to the simplicity of creating samadhi; > And not try to take over the county, ...let alone the world. > Let Kansas be Kansas... > R.G.
In Beacon Light of the Himalayas, Mahesh talks about Samadhi; if I'm not mistaken, it's what he calls his technique, there. Samadhi is, if I also understand correctly, the whole point of the Yogasutras and the various samyama practises are there not to develop the distraction of "powers" but to enhance the clarity of samadhi. But power is a mighty corruptor and, from my own experiences with Mahesh and around those around Mahesh, the lust for power was Mahesh's weakness. I don't think that the samyama practises are the only means to enhance the development and clarity of samadhi, however. It's a shame that Mahesh's lust for power and money was such a distraction that he corrupted his own heritage in order to fulfil his urges for more and more. He deluded many, many people in his pursuit of his own enhancement. Such a pity. What he churned out as his 'sidhi' program has little or nothing to do with what the Patanjali-editors were preserving in the name of spiritual development and awakening from the dream of the relative world. Maheshism simply devolves decent people deeper and deeper in the dream world and parts them from their resources for his self- engrossed desires for fame and worship. 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/
