--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" <dhamiltony2k5@...> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" <dhamiltony2k5@> wrote: > > > > > >snip< > > > > Spiritual Defense can also be defined as the application of non-lethal, > > non-invasive, and non-physical Distance Influence (DI) thought technology, > > which can provide real protection and shielding by screening and blocking > > harmful influences of a destructive or evil nature. Spiritual Defense > > employs > > DI technology, which is thought form communication between a sender(s) and a > > receiver (s), whether consciously perceived or not, involving for example > > light > > and sound, prayer and meditation, and collective mental synchronization to > > augment and help insure security and well-being." > > > > > > > > > > Oh, like a darshan meeting with the saints. Light and sound, prayer and > > meditation... > > > > > > > Incidentally, a darshan modality that Mother Ann (of the Shakers) as saint > > used with pilgrims coming to visit was her voice also. The sound value of > > an intoning voice. There are people around now who do this too. > > > > Using voice to help the spiritual subtle neuro-physio system. > > Mother Ann was also known in her time for the effect of singing her > > 'word-less' tunes at people. Shaker singing and the body of shaker songs > > being sung the way we know it now came along after the Mother Ann > > foundational era. > > > > The Boston Camerata as a project has produced a couple of CD's of Shaker > > songs. They are quite nice recordings. Within the tracks are examples of > > a couple of these word-less tunes. Here is one of the CD's. None of the > > wordless songs are available to sample. But here is a real nice album cd > > recording of shaker songs including some of the 'wordless' songs: > > > > http://www.bostoncamerata.com/bccd-simple.html > > > > Opps. Track 17 is one of those songs. 'Holy Order Song' The album has some > others too for example. > -Buck >
This is a good example of someone now (currently) who is adept at using the spiritual modality of sound in method to help people with their shakti and the subtle system: http://www.timeportalpubs.com/about.htm > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" <dhamiltony2k5@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Yes that's the book. It's a particular book that examines > > > > > > > > things the way we would spiritually. As an academic book it is > > > > > > > > kind of unique this way. It really is quite fabulous. I found > > > > > > > > it on my visit last month to the Shaker museum village of > > > > > > > > Pleasant Hill, Ky. Pleasant Hill Shaker Village is a great > > > > > > > > resource of books, diaries, journals for researching > > > > > > > > transcendentalist utopian America. > > > > > > > > http://www.shakervillageky.org/ I have also visited a number > > > > > > > > of other of these kinds of museums looking at other American > > > > > > > > Utopian groups like ours here in Fairfield to see how it went > > > > > > > > for them. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > A couple years before Maharishi died I went down to Pleasant > > > > > > > > Hill and lived for a while to particularly research the > > > > > > > > transition between spiritual founders and following > > > > > > > > generations. I spent a lot of time looking at their founder > > > > > > > > Mother Ann in particular and then the Shakti of the group > > > > > > > > following after her. Mother Ann evidently was a saint in the > > > > > > > > way we know them. Would give shaktipat, taught a meditation > > > > > > > > (dhyana) as a spiritual practice and sat with folks giving a > > > > > > > > darshan. They formed in to groups(villages) to facilitate this > > > > > > > > spiritual practice and became known as Shakers. We popularly > > > > > > > > know them for other things but essentially they were a > > > > > > > > mediating group in practice. After some generations of > > > > > > > > succession in busy competition with the outside world to hold > > > > > > > > their own they lost their moorings, dropped their structured > > > > > > > > meditation time from their daily practice, became more about > > > > > > > > doctrine, and the group shakti dwindled out. Spiritual > > > > > > > > life-cycle. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Viewing these in 'shaktic' or experiential spiritual ways as opposed to > > > > 'static' comparative doctrinal ways, > > > > as a group the Shaker experience stands a good parallel to things TM. > > > > I would wonder that some things possibly could even be learned from > > > > their experience if one has eyes to see it. Learned about the Shaker > > > > experience as well as with TM-Raja-ism. > > > > > > > > For instance, the Shaker version of policy guidelines were called the > > > > Millennial law. There was a sequence to the evolution of their > > > > millennial laws over the decades after their foundation era. From > > > > short organizational mission of facilitating spiritual experience > > > > initially then towards detail specific as the group got further away > > > > from the founder and the foundation era. Moving from simpler > > > > facilitating of shakti to long elaboration of doctrine and guideline. > > > > From shorter statement of spiritual mission to a long detailed > > > > 'contract' of doctrinal guidelines. From facilitating experience to > > > > preservation of institution by guideline doctrine. Essentially the > > > > guidelines became the teaching doctrine. In effect their ME became so > > > > burdened with 'pitta-vatta' derangement of some that the experiential > > > > shakti got squeezed out of it generally; folks dried up and left the > > > > group leaving behind only doctrinal tru-believers as preservationists. > > > > It's a good lesson. > > > > Evidently the Shakers are not the only group to have this happen to. > > > > -Buck > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" <dhamiltony2k5@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > This excerpt reminds me of when Maharishi was experimenting with > > > > > Patanjali in the 1970's and teaching us the Yoga Sutras 'siddhis' > > > > > practices with TM: > > > > > > > > > > "...For many Shakers were experiencing quite unexpected "movements of > > > > > the inner Spirit" often overflowing into emotion-charged > > > > > manifestations -songs without words, strange languages, prayer > > > > > through bodily gesture such as kneeling, ecstatic spontaneous > > > > > dancing, and disturbing bodily agitation and trembling. It is from > > > > > this last that their mocking neighbors called them "Shaking Quakers". > > > > > Many other Shakers remained outwardly calm in manner yet welcomed > > > > > all these manifestations as the signs of a great inward work." [Of > > > > > the later 18th Century] > > > > > > > > > > Alot like scenes on the TM experimental (AEGTC) 'Governor training' > > > > > courses around 1976-'77 in Switzerland as we learned the siddhis > > > > > practice. Ru's in spontaneous shaking and some ecstatic barking. > > > > > Shakti shouts. Kundalini movement. Meditating. A spiritual zoo. > > > > > -Buck in FF > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Here is something written about this kind of thing in the > > > > > > > > > > > 18th Century. Nothing new under the sun I guess: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This is pretty impressive. Where exactly does it come > > > > > > > > > > from? Who were these people? What subsequently happened > > > > > > > > > > to this woman and her group? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Just to exercise my higher visionary functions: Ann Lee? > > > > > > > > > Shakers? > > > > > > > > > http://books.google.de/books?id=8NFFknegLWUC&pg=PA12&lpg=PA12&dq=Ann+was+the+first+individual+to+experience+the+parousia&source=bl&ots=Ga5vONZcqM&sig=C8Y8puz_Rge_qJltRftFD_6KePw&hl=en&ei=GGRSTbHmKIHtsgat3omRCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CBsQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Ann%20was%20the%20first%20individual%20to%20experience%20the%20parousia&f=false > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yes that's the book. It's a particular book that examines > > > > > > > > things the way we would spiritually. As an academic book it is > > > > > > > > kind of unique this way. It really is quite fabulous. I found > > > > > > > > it on my visit last month to the Shaker museum village of > > > > > > > > Pleasant Hill, Ky. Pleasant Hill Shaker Village is a great > > > > > > > > resource of books, diaries, journals for researching > > > > > > > > transcendentalist utopian America. > > > > > > > > http://www.shakervillageky.org/ I have also visited a number > > > > > > > > of other of these kinds of museums looking at other American > > > > > > > > Utopian groups like ours here in Fairfield to see how it went > > > > > > > > for them. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > A couple years before Maharishi died I went down to Pleasant > > > > > > > > Hill and lived for a while to particularly research the > > > > > > > > transition between spiritual founders and following > > > > > > > > generations. I spent a lot of time looking at their founder > > > > > > > > Mother Ann in particular and then the Shakti of the group > > > > > > > > following after her. Mother Ann evidently was a saint in the > > > > > > > > way we know them. Would give shaktipat, taught a meditation > > > > > > > > (dhyana) as a spiritual practice and sat with folks giving a > > > > > > > > darshan. They formed in to groups(villages) to facilitate this > > > > > > > > spiritual practice and became known as Shakers. We popularly > > > > > > > > know them for other things but essentially they were a > > > > > > > > mediating group in practice. After some generations of > > > > > > > > succession in busy competition with the outside world to hold > > > > > > > > their own they lost their moorings, dropped their structured > > > > > > > > meditation time from their daily practice, became more about > > > > > > > > doctrine, and the group shakti dwindled out. Spiritual > > > > > > > > life-cycle. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Retirement" was the Shaker word they used for 'meditation' like > > > > > > > we would know it. Regular 'retiring' was specifically allowed for > > > > > > > or structured in to their work days. 'Retirement' was > > > > > > > foundational to their spiritual practice. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > That nice furniture we think of as being trademark of 'Shaker' > > > > > > > came about to furnish their bedrooms, meetings, and villages for > > > > > > > "retirement". Their coming together in to villages was to > > > > > > > provide/facilitate the common resources and time to have regular > > > > > > > "retirement" and group meetings. Their daily group meditations, > > > > > > > as we might see them, they referred to as "Union Meetings". > > > > > > > 'Retirement' was the essential salt and flour of their spiritual > > > > > > > practice, just like ours. > > > > > > > -Buck > > > > > > > > > > > > > 1845 Millenial Laws: Section II Orders concerning the Spiritual Worship > > > of God, etc > > > > > > "Believers are required by the orders of God, to retire to their rooms in > > > silence, for the space of half an hour, and labor for a sense of the > > > gospel, before attending meeting. > > > 2. All should sit erect in straight ranks in retiring time, ... ; and > > > none should have any conversation upon anything whatever, neither should > > > they sleep nor idly lounge away the time, or leave the room except it be > > > very necessary." > > > > > > > > > Half an hour. These half hour retirements as spiritual practice catch my > > > eye. That is serious spiritual practice. Infurther reading, the > > > 'retirings' were very much part of the day from early on as a discipline. > > > With extra ones thrown in or called for too at different times before > > > meetings. > > > > > > Retirement was particularly practiced for years of a generation or two. > > > Evidently that discipline of practice petered out at some time. > > > -Buck in FF > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ",,,attend to your retirements, meetings and meals, and not let > > > > > > trifles hinder you; and when the signal is given, either for > > > > > > retiring time or for meals, drop your work, go into the house and > > > > > > sit down and retire, and have no loud or unnecessary conversation." > > > > > > [1845] > > > > > > > > > > > > Sounds a lot like TM in Fairfield in earlier days through the > > > > > > 1980's and the mid-1990's. People's lives and work was set up to > > > > > > attend the meditations and folks could drop what they were doing to > > > > > > go as an additional call was made. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > TM is on track with this life-cycle arc of spiritual groups. > > > > > > > > In its time Fairfield will be a tourist destination like Amana > > > > > > > > or Shakertown or Brook Farm.. Can hear the tour guides in > > > > > > > > about 90 years describing the meaning of the architecture, > > > > > > > > displaying artifacts like bottles of labeled AyurVedic herbs, > > > > > > > > Maharishi honey and other products produced and sold by the > > > > > > > > group for their sustenance , Sidha dresses, the crowns they > > > > > > > > wore, the Heidelberg press room, see gold embossed > > > > > > > > publications, view banners from the group, and then hear the > > > > > > > > interpretation describing what 'went' on in Fairfield. Then > > > > > > > > take the tours of buildings given by people dressed in > > > > > > > > meditator garb. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Of course the irony of antithesis like at Shakertown is that it > > > > > > > > is some local Christain-believing guides having a job who would > > > > > > > > be giving the tours. In time. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -Buck > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > <edit> > > > > > > > > > > > "Ann was the first individual to experience the parousia > > > > > > > > > > > and so they recognized her to be the unique person to > > > > > > > > > > > inaugurate the awareness of the parousia. It was not > > > > > > > > > > > "seeing" in the external sense at all but rather a > > > > > > > > > > > transforming consciousness of unitive presence. The > > > > > > > > > > > phrase "she saw in open vision" is often used, open > > > > > > > > > > > vision is a knowing not by mind or a seeing not by the > > > > > > > > > > > eyes but by a perception at depth from with in; if > > > > > > > > > > > reflects the "knowing which is beyond knowledge". The > > > > > > > > > > > "vision" is "open" in the sense that one who now really > > > > > > > > > > > sees has been opened within. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > In meeting as she began to speak of her experience, all > > > > > > > > > > > those at the meeting began to experience themselves. > > > > > > > > > > > They did not merely accept Ann's word for what she had > > > > > > > > > > > experienced. Rather, as she spoke of her experience, > > > > > > > > > > > those who listened experienced the same reality for > > > > > > > > > > > themselves. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ann inaugurated the consciousness of parousia as the > > > > > > > > > > > first one among many to be drawn into the unifying > > > > > > > > > > > experience of alive and fully present in-through-with us > > > > > > > > > > > all. She is the first to awaken in experience to what > > > > > > > > > > > ultimately all experience. In experiential history she > > > > > > > > > > > ministers this experience to them by bearing witness to > > > > > > > > > > > what had happened to her, thereby being the instrument of > > > > > > > > > > > that same happening to them. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ann ministered life to them by the living witness of her > > > > > > > > > > > experience; they now experience for themselves and so in > > > > > > > > > > > turn enter an ever-expanding ministry of living witness > > > > > > > > > > > to others. This begins the essential process of > > > > > > > > > > > revelation spoken of as progressive unfoldment." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > <> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yes. This is the same thing that SSRS says when people > > > > > > > > > > > > have transcendent experiences around him. He says that > > > > > > > > > > > > that experience occurs in your consciousness and is > > > > > > > > > > > > you. But this does not discount that the > > > > > > > > > > > > guru/teacher/lama, etc., could function as a catalyst > > > > > > > > > > > > to trigger said experience in you. Without the > > > > > > > > > > > > catalyst, no experience. In the same fashion you could > > > > > > > > > > > > listen to a piece of music and have a beautiful > > > > > > > > > > > > experience. The beauty is in the context of your > > > > > > > > > > > > consciousness as the music serves as a catalyst to > > > > > > > > > > > > trigger the experience of beauty. Without the music > > > > > > > > > > > > "outside" of your consciousness, no "inner" beauty. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
