--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "BillyG." <wgm4u@> wrote: > > > > Having its foundation in Patanjali's eight limbs of Yoga and that > > coming from the Sanatana Dharma (eternal Religion) of the Vedas, > > clearly TM has its roots in Religion! > > > > Just because MMY only teaches 6 of the 8 limbs of Patanjali's yoga > and > > calls it a science only means you're just getting a half a loaf of > the > > real thing! > > > > A moral ethical life is the *foundation* of spirituality, until the > > soil is properly cultivated the plants can't grow, so to speak! > Yama, > > the proscriptions and Niyama the prescriptions of Yoga are the first > > two limbs of Patanjali's Yoga and form the foundation from which the > > others spring. > > > > As regards to practice, yes, as MMY says himself, "All *eight* must > be > > practiced simultaneously....." Gita HB page 363 bottom under, The > six > > systems of Indian philosophy. > > > > Are you getting the picture...MMY compromised Patanjali's Yoga to > > conform to Science!! > > C'mon, BillyG, you know MMY is explicit that he > believes the order of Patanjali's Eight Limbs > got reversed--that samadhi should be *first*, > not last, and that all the other limbs, > including Yama and Niyama, are the *result* of > samadhi: If you're experiencing samadhi on a > regular basis, you *are* practicing all eight > limbs simultaneously, spontaneously. > > You may not agree with him, but you oughtn't to > pretend he's tried to put something over on us > surreptitiously. He's been right up front about > it.
Or BillyG should quit TM- wouldn't want him to harm himself.;-)
