--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mar 4, 2007, at 3:30 PM, sparaig wrote: > > > It's well known, save to those of us who were content to keep to > > our original practice, > > rather than seek something "better." > > And then there are those of us who never abandoned our > practice at all
>From your many misdescriptions of TM, Vaj, you couldn't have "abandoned" the original practice because you were never practicing TM to begin with, but rather your misunderstanding of it. , but integrated it with more advanced or more complete practices. > There are many people here like that. Sadly most have quited down > since the tone of this list turned sour. > > For example, I know of several people who took their TM mantra and > got the full mantra from Amma (for free). And it was a major upgrade > for them. Even others went on to receive full initiation into the > devata herself, either her tantra, her mandala or her yantra. There > are dozens of variations on this theme (all unique, important and > beautiful), but if you think TM is the be all and end all, you're > sadly mistaken. TM is completely portable if you have the right > teacher and the courage to move beyond a sect. IMO, those who took > what they found useful and left the rest behind are the healthiest. >