--True origin of the 8 limbs of Yoga: http://tegehel.deviantart.com/art/Birth-of-Cthulhu-62464392
- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajradh...@...> wrote: > > > On Feb 6, 2009, at 8:25 PM, Fairfield Lifer wrote: > > > On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 6:55 PM, BillyG. <wg...@...> wrote: > >> I think MMY kind of felt the ends justified the means, and teaching a > >> little Yoga in a simple manner would be more popular than teaching > >> the > >> complete Yoga as defined by Maharishi Patanjali. Unfortunately, this > >> adulterated Patanjali's teachings and left them somewhat diminished > >> in their effectiveness. > >> > >> Perhaps MMY thought he could incorporate the other important limbs > >> (or > >> means) later when people would be more receptive.......who knows? > > > > Is this groundhog day or deja vu all over again? > > > > Maharishi stated very clearly in a Humboldt tape which was a favorite > > residence course tape, which got repackaged with the MERU swan, > > Packabel and the haughty announcement of "Courses for Citizens of the > > Age of Enlightenment" that there had been a misinterpretation of > > Patanjali, that there was an 8 fold path (actually 8 limbs to the > > tree), and that the limbs weren't to be followed one at a time until > > you got them all mastered. Mastering one (he used 3 different > > branches as examples) gets you mastery of all. Pull one leg of a > > table and the other legs come with it. > > > > So whom are you going to believe? Maharishi or Maharishi? > > > Can't we just believe ole Patanjali and his tradition of realizers?... > and close the door on the Vedic salesman trying to sell us something? > > Of course if you say "no" to the above I'd like to tell you about by > my skip-the-limbs Quantum technique (STLQT™). Using the power of the > unified field and formulas easily explained by a defrocked world- > famous Quantum Physicist, Norman Einstein, there's no need to follow > meditation step-by-step. You can skip how ever many steps you so > desire, and be absorbed in imperturbable samadhi in no time. You'll > even be fully enlightened in 2-5 years, depending of course on your > karma and your genetic ancestors behavioral habits. >
