Bhairatu, I am really glad you are in this forum. In fact, it was your posts from earlier years that prompted me to seek advice here. Had you - or someone at this level - not entered this thread, I would have had to try to write to you privately.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <noozg...@...> wrote: > > FYI, some of the opinions expressed on FFL are from rank amateurs who > only speculate on how TM works. Some never even became teachers. Some > have never been to India nor met teachers outside of the TM movement. > I have taught TM and more recently learned from an Indian tantric who > resides in my area. Since you are also a jyotishi you may have made the > acquaintance of tantrics as many advertise themselves as astrologers (as > did my teacher). They can give you an insight into the mechanics of > mantra shastra. The reference to that one post was a speculation on a > how the TM mantra gets enlivened. Definitely the TM teacher performing > a puja enlivens the mantra. The more traditional method is for the guru > to wait until the disciple has enough accumulated shakti that they can > actually give shaktipat, no puja necessary, before allowing them to > teach. Maharishi would have been lucky to have had even 10 teachers > that way. The puja method was a way to mass produce them. I have > learned the shaktipat method from my guru and use it to teach mediation. > > Shakti is the lively energy. It causes the system to rewire itself to > support enlightenment. The more powerful the technique such as a guru > mantra the faster the development to higher states of consciousness. > But these techniques aren't for the general public. Usually calming > mantras are given to the public. MMY actually began that way. > My current astrology teacher - guru - is a nontraditional one. I wrote about that on my web page http://melocco.nnx.hu. On the level of inspiration, purity of life, spiritual effects and her knowledge of jyotish techniques I regard her as a genuine jyotish guru. I learned jyotish first privately as a hobby, then at the local TMO in Budapest. However, when I received her darshan I realized I should learn this. That was one of the chief reasons I stayed here in Eastern Europe, in otherwise difficult circumstances. My jyotish chart does not say it unequivocally whether I should continue living here, in no uncertain terms I am told to surrender to the Divine and accept guidance day by day. Unfortunately, although possessing a real genius, my jyotish master is no more knowledgeable about mantras and is not involved in TM, rather in yogas of different sorts. I can say this although it is definitely her strange mix of reincarnational astrology in an Indian framework that brought me close to God after years and years of searching. I used to be very skeptical of reincarnation, despite having had decades of good meditation. I am trying to be as non-dogmatic as I can be these days. I find myself in an in-between state now. Seeing that pandit in the summer who advised me to start with his long mantras in exact Vedic cadence has freed me from some negative things, and I am forever grateful to him. My resources are limited now - I cannot travel to India. I have spent many lives there though, I am sure. Also a little in Tibet. But I am not attracted to Tibetan approaches too much. What I can still do is experiment - these few days I have gotten some valuable insights. You are probably correct in your summary about MMY and the puja. Also, I have researched many mantras just for hobby (and an interest in Hinduism and Buddhism.) I am afraid I have never met a real Tantrik in my life, unless this pandit was one, and then we only had about half an hour together last summer. I think of him as more of a Vedic scholar who saw part of my problem and could provide me with a ready fix to some. Tantriks can probably provide a person with help from a distance as well, as long as that person is ready for shaktipat. I will mull over this more and write some more. Thank you.
