--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], Jason Spock <jedi_spock@> > wrote: > > > > Come on Maam, Foam ain't Vedic. Real Yogis in india used > bed of pointed Nails. > > Er, no, they just sit or sleep on them. (And it's not > as bad as it looks: if the nails are close enough > together, the weight is distributed so there isn't > enough pressure on any individual nail to pierce the > skin. But you have to be VERY VERY careful to keep > the weight evenly distributed.) > > No doubt it isn't very comfortable, but that's the > point, to demonstrate that the yogi has transcended > physical discomfort. > > No, foam ain't Vedic. It didn't exist back then. > If they'd had foam, they most likely would have > used it, instead of beds of straw.
Or "flying carpets" ala the Islamic mystics... > > > Heh Heh, Very Sharp Nails. > > > > I heard that, MMY in the beginning said not to give > importance to sidhis. Some time in the late 1970's he changed the > tune and started saying siddhis are important. > > Well, sort of, but not for their own sake. What's > important is the development of consciousness that > comes from sutra practice; actual performance of > siddhis is just a benchmark of that development. > > That's actually consistent with what he said earlier, > before the TM-Sidhis techniques were released: > siddhis are not important in and of themselves. >
