Well, as I said, since I experienced him doing the same thing to me from the inside, and with all the other things I saw him "do" and experienced with him, it would be difficult for this POV to doubt that he caused it.
On Aug 3, 2011, at 3:05 PM, curtisdeltablues wrote: > --- 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. > Yes, of course, totally everyone's prerogative > > > > 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? ;-) > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
