--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> 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.
>

Never done any acting, have you? Most actors don't just assume an expression.





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