--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Jason Spock <jedi_spock@> wrote: > > > > > > Well Sir barry, I think Jim is correct. > > > > The Hindu Philosophy states, Sidhis are by-products that come > on its own. > > > > It also states, they are distractions that should be avoided > at all costs. > > > > That's the same old tired misinterpretation of Patañjali! > Everyone should believe by now, that the demonstrative > pronoun "te" in "te samaadhaav upasargaa..." apparently > refers MAINLY to the siddhis mentioned in the previous suutra. > Why would Patañjali present e.g. tha flying suutra (aakaasha- > gamanam) *after* that "disclaimer", if it applied to all the > siddhis?
It isn't even clear that it's a "disclaimer" or a warning against doing them, as opposed to a technical description of what's involved in practicing the sutras. As a technical description, it dovetails perfectly with MMY's teaching about samyama.
