On Dec 8, 2011, at 8:53 AM, zarzari_786 wrote:
Coming to think of it, given the time frame, it is likely MMY was influenced to some degree by SA. SA, when the topic came up, somebody wanted to popularize his teachings in the US, saying that he should offer some courses, something like a formula, as this was sucessfull with Vivekanada and Yogananda, simply refused. MMY was at Aurobindo Ashram, I heard trying to persuade some Ashramite to join him. So his project of transforming world consciousness may well have been informed by SA. Also, the whole story about absolute body, sounds a lot like SA's supramental body. Creating a new man was really SA's project. SA regarded himself as a tantric yogi. So MMY may have taken the 'uniqueness' and 'rediscovery of a lost knowledge' as a traditionalists version of the new yoga.
It always seemed clear that Mahesh was getting material from both Aurobindo AND Yogananda - both of which are from his caste.
