--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mark Landau <m@...> wrote: > > Oh you doubting Thomas, you should've seen the poor captain standing there > completely zoned out and the facial expressions of his crewmen.
I'm not doubting that he was zoned out and it may have been unusual for him. What I am doubting that we can know from this that Maharishi caused it. < I can assure you, just as convincing as sticking your fingers in the wound.> One of the many conflicting accounts of what happened after Jesus was crucified! Yeah I'm a doubting Thomas. But the truth is we all are doubting Thomases concerning all sorts of stuff millions of people believe. We may just be choosing different things to be skeptical of. None of us believes everything. > > On Aug 3, 2011, at 2:23 PM, curtisdeltablues wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <noozguru@> wrote: > > <snip> > > > I'm sure he would use the same trick given the same situation.> > > > > It could also be that the conflation of simultaneity with causation is the > > easiest way to manufacture a miracle out of what would otherwise be an > > ordinary occurrence. He blew through stop signs or lights and didn't get > > hit, and the boat left late. It is the shaping of the story that allows the > > interpretation of it as a miracle to emerge. > > > > > > > > On 08/03/2011 12:33 PM, Mark Landau wrote: > > > > On Aug 3, 2011, at 12:43 PM, Bhairitu wrote: > > > > > > > >> Yup, Charlie Lutes told the same story and I still have the book it is > > > >> in. I haven't looked it up but I think he said it took place when in > > > >> British Columbia. > > > >> > > > >> The siddhi is Stambhan. It allows one to mentally paralyze or put them > > > >> in a stupor. I've learned it allow with the other tantric siddhis > > > > > > Should have been "along" not "allow" (I type too fast). > > > >> including Uchattan and Maran from my tantra guru. Handy tools to have > > > >> but often the most useful is Vashikaran. One of those siddhis makes > > > >> people always receive you pleasantly. > > > >> > > > >> Well, if this is right, then M did it at least twice in two places at > > > >> two times, imagine, dual corroboration he had the siddhi > > > > And, no, I never read Charlie's book, nor did Charlie tell me his > > > > story... > > > > I was just innocently relating my own experience, and look what came > > > > down > > > > Kinda like that time I ran into Jimi at Manny's... > > > > > > I'm sure he would use the same trick given the same situation. They are > > > very useful tools and not something you'd hand out like the "siddhi > > > lite" techniques. In tantra you have to "earn" them. > > > > > > Do you have "a friend of the king" yoga too? ;-) > > > > > > > >
