> > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <drpetersutphen@> wrote: > > > > No need to reduce other paths to "Transcendental Meditation." This a > habit that Maharishi had that, IMHO, cultivated arrogance and separation > from others not doing what "we" did. The TM/ TM-Sidhi program offers a > great sadhana or spiritual practice, but it failed to address necessary > critical behaviors while on the path towards Realization. This failure > to cultivate these values led to the profound dysfunction of the TMO and > ultimately to its failure (failure is a relative term here. The TMO and > MMY can also be seen as very successful in other contexts). TM is not > the "gold standard" of spiritual practices. It simply is one of many > bodies of yogic practices that contributes to increasing sattva in the > body/mind. I don't believe there is a "gold standard" in any objective > sense. > > Also, I would like to apologize ahead of time for my reasonable tone. I > will get shrill and irrational if that is more appropriate. > > > That's old school. That's our Dr. Pete. And didn't even send it from > his blackberry. > >
Dear Pete, that is quite true as caveat to what was said. Part of the local interest in that definition about Ammachi is that it is so essentially 'transcendental' like the Transcendental Meditation's. Read it and she evidently is an ally in the war on ignorance. Yet, here in Fairfield the dome administrative policy is still "Don't ask, don't tell" when it comes to visiting ally saints and Ammachi in particular. Visiting Ammachi will git you pulled from the dome & denied a badge still. But on the other hand if you are male, a healer, dress more as a Westerner saying the same things, doing subtle energy work and teaching spiritual techniques to help with the subtle psycho-spiritual things that you are talking about then the TM movement will now endorse you as a healer, and let your visitors as well as supporters be in the domes meditating. The irony is stunning also given their earnestness in getting better dome numbers. -Buck in FF > > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Spirit a priori > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Amritanandamayi teaches a spiritual path that > > > > > consists of understanding the scriptures in > > > > > the Vedas, the Upanishads, and the Bhagavad > > > > > Gita. > > > > > > > > > > Amma advocates meditation, karma yoga, and > > > > > devotional service. According to Amma, the > > > > > cultivation of blissful consciousness reveals > > > > > the non-dual, transcendental absolute, leading > > > > > to 'jivanmukti' - fully realized while yet > > > > > living. > > > > > > > > > > > Cool that reads as, Transcendental Meditation. > > > > > > > > > > > "There is one Truth that shines through all of > > > > > creation. Rivers and mountains, plants and > > > > > animals, the sun, the moon and the stars, you > > > > > and I â" all are expressions of this one > > > > > Reality." - Amma > > > > > > > > > > > This reads sounding like a 'Unified Field' Chart. > > > > > > > > > > > Yes, that is succinct. She's a > > > transcendentalist. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > > > To subscribe, send a message to: > > > fairfieldlife-subscr...@yahoogroups.com > > > > > > Or go to: > > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > > > and click 'Join This Group!'Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > >   fairfieldlife-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com > > > > > > > > > > > >
