--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajradh...@...> wrote: > > > On May 5, 2009, at 8:46 PM, sparaig wrote: > > >> You know it's funny, someone posted some old MMY lecture videos on > >> YouTube, so I decided to watch one to see how it stood the test of > >> time. > >> > >> I watched the one on yoga (and it's limbs) and found it really didn't > >> stand the test of time. In fact in terms of authentic lineal yoga > >> teachings, he was flat out WRONG. The most noticeable thing however > >> was his use of repetition. I used to parse it as 'he wants to really > >> get the point across' but listening to it now, one gets the sense > >> he's just acting and trying to come up with something convincing to > >> say. Unfortunately, if you had any real training in Patanjali, it was > >> easy to see he was just making up something new and convincing and > >> the droning repetition made it sound "profound". > >> > > > > As I said, we agree to disagree... > > > > Or, to quote a famous anonymous sage: there are as many legitimate i > > interpretations of the Veda as there are enlightened persons. > > > Unfortunately this is one area where the sages of the yoga-darshana > (not "the Veda") are in agreement. Generally the type of people who > subvert the angas are what would in western languages be referred to > as "black magicians" or in theosophical lingo "black brothers": give > me the magic, let me circumvent the virtues, they will come on their > own, just give me power, NOW. >
Is that how you see the TM-Sidhis program? Lawson
