I post stuff for information, not to refute other people's opinions. It is very difficult (if not impossible) to reconcile some of the things that MMY has said. Incidentally, there is currently a time lapse to my postings of many hours, this message is being sent from FFL website at Wed Aug 23 10:34 UK time.
--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "Paul Mason" > <premanandpaul@> wrote: > > > > Even though the terms Transcendental Meditation & TM had not been > > coined, in 'Thirty Years Around the World' it states catagorically > > that before the yagna performed in October 1955, 'Throughout Kerala > > Maharishi was instructing the people in Transcendental Meditation'. > > In 'Beacon Light of the Himalayas' (an allusion to Guru Dev) Bal > > Brhmachari Mahsh (as he signed himself some weeks later) tells the > > audience:- > > > > 'When he devotes himself and meditates on the name and form (NAMA > AND > > RUPA) of the LORD, he begins to experience some ANANDAM and also > the > > Grace of the Lord in every walk of life. This experience of Peace > and > > Anandam is Sadhana. And Sadhana naturally increases his devotion to > > God and makes him more and more attached to Him. Thus he develops > > intensity of Raga for the ISHTAM. Gradually, this final Raga goes > on > > increasing and this increase of Raga and Love for the ISHTAM > enables > > the Grihastha to feel the presence of his 'ISHTAM' always with him, > > in all his ways of life, in all his thought, speech and action.' > > Did you intend this as a refutation of what I said, > Paul? > > > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Paul Mason" > > <premanandpaul@> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > In 'Meditation: easy system propounded by Maharishi Mahesh > > Yogi' > > > > > (c1959) there is to be found a series of questions which > > includes > > > the > > > > > following: > > > > > Q. How does meditation improve the fortune of a man? > > > > > A. Our system of meditation involves the All Mighty Power. We > > > take > > > > > the 'MANTRA' of some God according to our faith and meditate > on > > > that. > > > > > The power of the 'MANTRA' brings to us the Almighty > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > All Mighty Power sounds like a rough translation of Ishvara > (sp) > > > from Patanjali. > > > > > > But note that he does *not* say the mantras are > > > names of gods. > > > > > > 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/
