MMY is on record as advocating freedom from the restrictions of the binding power of speech. I am sympathetic with anyone who attempts to reconcile his various statements about mantras, the effects of meditation, the genesis of TM, et al.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "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.' > > > > > Listen, Paul, she's going to beat you over the head until you > realize that no matter how many times in how many ways Maharishi has > said that the mantras are names of gods, that they are not the names > of gods. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "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/
