--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>
> I seem to recall my TM teacher telling us, that
> TM won't affect ones basic character in any way.
> He then added that we won't become "cool as
> a cucumber", and continued that we might even
> become more sensitive, but (to paraphrase)
> "our selfs would be gradually disconnected from
> that sensitivity" (couldn't formulate it better
> than that...)
>
> Is that perhapst based on the fact(?) that (even)
> sattva and puruSa are "atyantaasaMkiirNa"
> (ati+anta - a_saMkiirNa), that is, according
> to Taimni's translation of YS III 36, "absolutely
> distinct"?
>
> ati is often prefixed to nouns and adjectives , and rarely to verbs ,
> in the sense excessive , extraordinary , intense ; excessively , too ;
> exceedingly , very ; in such compounds the accent is generally on %{a4ti}.
>
> anta m. end , limit , boundary , term ; end of a texture ; end ,
> conclusion ; end of life , death , destruction (in these latter senses
> some times neut.) ; a final syllable , termination ; last word of a
> compound ; pause , settlement , definite ascertainment , certainty ;
> whole amount ; border , outskirt (e.g. %{grAmA7nte} , in the outskirts
> of the village) ; nearness , proximity , presence ; inner part ,
> inside ; condition , nature ; (%{e}) loc. c. in the end , at last ; in
> the inside ; (%{am}) ind. as far as (ifc. e.g. %{udakA7ntam} , as far
> as the water) ; (mfn.) , near , handsome , agreeable L. [cf. Goth.
> {andeis} , Theme {andja} ; Germ. {Ende} ; Eng. {end}: with %{anta} are
> also compared the Gk. $ , $ ; Lat. {ante} ; the Goth. {anda} in
> &13046[42 ,3] {anda-vaurd} , &c. ; and the Germ. {ent} e.g. in
> {entsagen}].
>
>
> atyanta mfn. beyond the proper end or limit ; excessive , very great
> , very strong ; endless , unbroken , perpetual ; absolute , perfect ;
> (%{am}) ind. excessively , exceedingly , in perpetuity , ***absolutely
> , completely*** ; to the end ; (%{Aya}) dat. ind. for ever ,
> perpetually Pat. ; quite Pat.
>
> saMkIrNa mfn. poured together , mixed , commingled &c. ; crowded with
> , full of (comp.) MBh. ; joined or combined with (comp.) Ya1jn5. Sch.
> ; mingled , confused , disordered , adulterated , polluted , impure
> Mn. MBh. &c. ; born of a mixed marriage MBh. ; mixed , miscellaneous ,
> of various kinds , manifold Bhar. Das3ar. ; sprinkled (esp. with
> fluid-exudation , as a rutting elephant ; but cf. %{-nAga}) L. ;
> contracted , narrow W. ; scattered , strewed , spread , diffused ib. ;
> m. a man of mixed caste Bhar. ; (in music) a mixed note or mode ; =
> %{-nAga} L. ; N. of an ancient sage (v.l. %{saM-kIla}) L. ; (%{A}) f.
> a kind of riddle (of a mixed character) Ka1vya7d. iii , 105 ; (%{am})
> n. confusion (in %{vAkya-s-} q.v.) ; %{-cArin} mfn. wandering about
> confusedly , going to various places Sus3r. ; %{-jAti} mfn. (=
> %{yoni}) Cat. ; %{-tA} f. confusion , confused order (of words in a
> sentence) Sa1h. ; %{-nAga} m. an elephant with mixed characteristics
> VarBr2S. ; %{-neri} m. a kind of dance , Sam2gi1t ; %{-yuddha} n. a
> fight with various weapons MBh. ; %{-yoni} mfn. of mixed birth or
> caste , impure through illegal intermarriage Mn. x , 25 ;
> %{-rAgA7dhyAya} m. N. of wk. on music ; %{-viSkambhaka} m. (in dram.)
> a mixed interlude Bhar. ; %{-NA7na} (?) m. N. of a serpent-demon VP. ;
> %{-NI-karaNa} n. = %{saMkarI-k-} L.
>
> asaMkIrna mfn. unmixed ; not unclean Sus3r.
>
You're a man of uncommon clarity Card.
