> > Question: Some people have healing powers. They can cure other people. > > Maharishi: Yes. > > Question: Are these suggestive powers the strength of one mind over another > mind, or someting else? > > Maharishi: There is mental healing through the power of the mind. But this > healing power is a quality of the body. Some rays are being emitted all the > time through the body, sometimes through the hands or other extremities of > the body. Some constitutions develop more of these energy rays in their body, > and when they meditate, greater energy is produced and begins to flow through > their body. It is just a quality of the particular body. Some bodies gather > more of these rays. >
Question: Placing the hands on the patient helps a great deal? Maharishi: Because the healing power flows through their body. It flows through the hand, and if they touch the suffering part it seems to get relief. The healing power of the mind will not require any touching of the body; just a thought will do. There can also be healing through vision. A man comes before you, you look at him and he feels better--the same healing rays. Healing through speech--if someone has a headache one may say, 'You have just a headache, go home, it will be all right.' Some words are said and the headache comes to an end. > > > > This just in: > > > > This comes from a new book from MUM Press called, "Transcendental > > Meditation with Questions and Answers". > > _______________________________ > > > > Question: Some people have healing powers. They can cure other people. > > > > Maharishi: Yes. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Everyone here has experimented pretty deeply in what it means > > > > > > > > > to be a human being, or at least fooled around with the > > > > > > > > > internal machinery for extended periods; TM not necessarily > > > > > > > > > the only method used. Maharishi made many claims about the > > > > > > > > > outcome of practicing his techniques of meditation. Since > > > > > > > > > then, many people acknowledge that they have experienced some > > > > > > > > > or many or even all of what he said would result; I'd put > > > > > > > > > myself somewhere in that spectrum, too. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The "value" of those experiences or states of mind are . . . > > > > > > > > > what, though? Curtis, what you might term a chronic > > > > > > > > > dissociative state does seem to confer a functional > > > > > > > > > advantage: it allows the person to not get caught up in > > > > > > > > > whatever turmoil is present in the situation. And, in my > > > > > > > > > experience, rather than diminish or drain any experience of > > > > > > > > > joy or happiness, it seems to substantiate it. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > It's interesting that Unified Field, yes it's undifferentiated light > > > > but it shines and is in everyone. A cool thing of being awakened to it > > > > is that you can take and shine it and help others with it. Well-being > > > > is also what it is about. > > > > -Buck in FF > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I think it is beautiful,we hold Curtis in the light here and now he has > > > come back to meditation. I'm working on his upgrade from blues to gospel > > > now. > > > -Buck > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 2. When people do enough TM to shift into the kind of > > > > > > > > > > experiences Maharishi describes as higher states of > > > > > > > > > > consciousness, does it improve anything that matters to us > > > > > > > > > > or is it just another POV? As billed it gives deeper > > > > > > > > > > insight into reality. If this is the case can anything be > > > > > > > > > > demonstrated that might indicate this or is it just a cool > > > > > > > > > > buzz for the person with no added cognitive abilities that > > > > > > > > > > you could get from a few bong hits at a Phish concert > > > > > > > > > > followed by a night of shrooms > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >>>> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
