--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, I am the eternal <l.shad...@...> wrote:
> An entire Humboldt residence course tape (which later became a MERU >>tape > with Pacabel and the duck floating by) was devoted to this. Unlike many of > the tapes, I don't recall this tape starting off with a question to > Maharishi. > > Maharishi said that there had been a misinterpretation of Patanjali. No > need to learn each of the 8 limbs of yoga. Master one. And since you're > already on the easiest limb... Yes, I remember him saying that, but, that's a little different than the way you originally posted it, it reminds me of his saying about the 4 legged chair where you grab one leg and the other 3 come along. Did you know MMY also said in his Bhagavad Gita appendix on Yoga that "with the continuous practice of all these limbs, or means, simultaneously the state of Yoga grows simultaneously in all the eight spheres of life," MMY Gita HB page 363. The most interesting part is he used the term *means*, each step being a technique in and of itself recommended by Maharishi Patanjali, apparently. Personally I think one must practice all 8 as MMY suggested here. Go figure.......... > But I ask the question again. Even Jesus told his disciples to consider the > lilies in the field, to not complain that someone had stolen your cloak, > that all will be provided. So the question remains. If someone's business > fails every month and they have an excuse and eventual another new business > for a month, should we get excited about the spiritual path they're excited > about? >
