kaladevi93 wrote:
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "biosoundbill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
>> Namaskaram Kala Devi,
>>
>> I'll use a non TM mantra as an example!
>>
>> Let's say the bija is `Shreem' for the basic TM technique.
>>
>> Let's say `Om Shreem Namaha' for an advanced technique.
>>
>> Finally let's say `Om Shreem Maha Lakshmiyei Swaha' for a more
>> advanced technique.
>>
>> From your experience, am I correct in saying that `Om Shreem Maha
>> Lakshmiyei Swaha' would be the most powerful of all 3 meditation
>> mantras?
>>
>
>
> Not necessarily, as mantras depend on the disposition of the student, most
> especially the
> students mind. There are some techniques utilizing merely a bija mantra which
> truly go
> beyond the mind (but there are specific techniques in addition to the mantra
> in order to do
> so).
>
> Now if, for example, the Lakshmi mantra IS appropriate for a certain student
> and they
> know the appropriate techniques to use that mantra fully, it could render
> full results. But
> merely giving out mantras for mental repetition, comparitively there could be
> little or no
> difference. However if paying wads of money made one think they had something
> more
> special or important, the change in attitude could affect the students
> experience of that
> mantra, as silly as that sounds, because the resolve and intent has changed.
>
> In addition to the mental use of mantra there are hosts of other techniques
> which can be
> applied in addition to or with the mantra. Often as the experience of
> subtlety of mantra
> refines, techniques will refine to take the mind deeper, beyond where the
> mantra
> *appears* to end and to allow the meditator to go much further, deeper and
> longer
> (sounds like porn! :-) ).
>
> Adhikara mantras, mantras which are chosen based on the student, are always
> favorable
> to mantras merely given by puja. With an indiscrimantly given mantra, there
> is always the
> potential for something to go wrong.
>
> Kala Devi
My guru has had to undo the damage that people got from just picking up
some mantra from a book. Indiscriminately given mantras can make
someone insane. Playing around with mantras without the proper training
can be like playing with fire. Even then most gurus stick with what
they've learned through tradition.
