Divorced from the source. One of the things I learned after I left my TM daze was that when you receive a formal teaching, there is usually an explanation of where and who that teaching came from. Typically the teacher will tell you how he received it, how he came upon it, who taught it to him and what texts accompany the tradition. They often share insights into their own practice of the teaching as well as that of their predecessors.
When I look back at TM and the TM-Sidhi "techniques" I find this sadly lacking and strangely suspicious in its absence. Why would such information be hidden? I can think of several reasons. One is to keep people from passing it on by divorcing them from the lineal transmission. This allows it to be sold and, in effect "patented" and trademarked--much like a product would be. The other would be the teacher did not receive it in a way that is honest or he is embarrassed by what it might reveal, e.g. he bought the teaching or received them from people of low repute. It can also mean he never even practiced it but merely collected a technique for sale as a marketable item. Or that the alleged teaching is, in fact, a distortion of tradition or not "the real thing". Either way, such secrecy in any spiritual practice is highly suspect. I'll leave it to you to decide as to which one Mahesh's teaching represents. Because of lack of proper teaching, people still debate "did Mahesh receive the mantras from Guru Dev?" Is TM from Guru Dev? Where did he learn the sidhi method? *Did* he learn the "sidhi" method? Since being through this experience, I would not practice a teaching removed, divorced, from it's true setting. Revitalizing a tradition that never really needed revitalizing--it was and is still producing complete awakening--is merely a rationalization and a ploy. Caveat emptor! To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
