--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > <snip> > > > > So true. Anyone who believes that Maharishi does *not* > > > > consider these gods and goddesses real gods and goddesses > > > > just hasn't spent any time around him. > > > > > > Worship is for the worshiper. > > > > That's the key, of course. If you're feeling > > bhakti-ish, it's not terribly satisfying to > > worship "laws of nature." You need something > > a lot more personal, so you personify the laws > > of nature and worship the personifications. > > > > There's also the possibility that being worshipful in the feeling sense is part how the ritual > works. Alister Crawly used to practice a deity-du-jour mode so he could switch from > evoking one deity to another in a "sincere" way. TM teachers are told what they should be > feeling during various steps of the puja, I understand. /shrug.
Being instructed in what to feel makes absolutely no sense to me, I have to say, in any context. 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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
