>From the 1946 edition of Autobiography of a Yogi by Yogananda (Chapter 7):
'A yogiâs body loses its grossness after use of certain pranayamas. Then it will levitate or *hop about like a leaping frog*.' I have always thought Yogananda might have been kind of gullible. His classmates he intimates said he had religion on the brain or something like that. He seemed to be attracted to unusual demonstrations of spirituality, but did not seem particularly investigative of other possibilities of how they might have been accomplished. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister <no_reply@...> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "marekreavis" <reavismarek@> wrote: > > > > The "governor" training course I took was at MIU in the summer of '78. It > > was a small course of only 12 guys. We lived in one of the "high rise" > > dorms and our course leaders were Greg and Georgina Wilson. They used to > > come visit us in the afternoons in the foam room where we would meet each > > day. We were the only course happening on campus at that time and we were > > isolated from the rest of whatever else was going on at the time. But > > school was on summer break and there wasn't much, if anything, happening > > elsewhere on campus. > > > > We met in the foam room on the second or third floor of our dorm long > > before we got the flying sutra and one afternoon as we were sitting around > > and doing whatever we were doing we saw through the big windows of the foam > > room Greg and Georgina walking across campus to visit our little group. We > > knew nothing about what the "flying" technique was actually about at that > > point, but someone had the idea that we'd all start yelling and hopping > > when Greg and Georgina came in. > > > > And that's what we did. And the expressions on their faces was really > > something. They were visibly startled and nonplussed. Here we were, only a > > couple of weeks into the "siddhis" and, inexplicably, we were demonstrating > > what is still apparently the end result of the most powerful and refined of > > the techniques authored by Maharishi. > > > > If I remember correctly, Georgina turned around and immediately left the > > room. Greg stayed for a moment, then left for a few minutes, and then they > > both came back in and very sternly admonished us to never do anything like > > that again. Of course, that warning was rescinded once we got the last > > sutra and were encouraged to hop. > > > > The whole thing is funny now, but I admire the earnestness we had, even if > > I cringe a bit at our na�vet� and willingness to be led down such a > > wacky and ultimately indulgent path. > > > > *** > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > > > That was totally hilarious! They did everything but claim that they were > > > saving the world with their hopping like toads. They even mentioned the > > > same sutra. The same bliss talk, really like a parallel universe. > > > Excellent find. > > > > > > But remember, their hopping is not the real hopping. It just sounds the > > > same when they describe it and looks the same, but deep down inside, it > > > is not dome-worthy, official version. We just know it! > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, pranamoocher <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Did anyone else see this video on YouTube, titled "Art of Levitation > > > > Unleashed by Nithyananda?" > > > > It looks like a direct copy of the TMO levitation technique, complete > > > > with skinny, flexible, lotus-sitting "hopping" and shaking about, with > > > > an Indian voice narrative that is very OOGA BOOGA sounding. > > > > > > > > The video also goes into some details re other "Samana" practices. > > > > http://youtu.be/K78t2-W2jag > > > > > > Whoa! Those mattresses seem quite thin... :0 > > > >
