--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Mason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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. >
Perhaps you can give a context for this remark? Otherwise, I'm challking it up to your usual cynicism. BTW, lest everyone think that Paul is so knowledgeable as to be justified in is cynicism, I'd like to point out that there are people who got their PhD's in Sociology by researching the early history of MMY and the TMO, who aren't nearly as cynical. > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@> > 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/
