--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In [email protected], cardemaister <no_reply@>
> wrote:
> >
> > --- In [email protected], 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.
>
Which is, of course, how he arrived at the practice, I'm certain.
