[FairfieldLife] Re: Brahmananda Saraswati passes on his Jiva to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

[sparaig]

Yogic Flying can be fun, but beware of the trap a friend of mine fell into, 
where, if he didn't have enough time to do full program, he put Yogic Flying 
ahead of TM practice...

He eventually ended up joining ISKON.


L

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long <sharelong60@...> wrote:
>
> Wow, I never thought about it.  But thanks to your question, when I think 
> about it, I realize that during yogic flying I feel most integrated, most 
> expressive of Maharishi's phrase "dynamic coexistence of opposites."  I feel 
> both settled and active.  Plus I chuckle a lot during yogic flying.  It 
> simply feels good (-:  
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
>  From: feste37 <feste37@...>
> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
> Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2012 10:18 AM
> Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Brahmananda Saraswati passes on his Jiva to 
> Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
>  
> 
>   
> Share Long please say more about your statement, "I LOVE yogic flying.  It's 
> my favorite part of program."
> 
> Why is this so? How does the flying sutra make you feel?
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long <sharelong60@> wrote:
> >
> > Decades ago I heard that a master "tricks" the ego into getting onto a 
> > spiritual path.  I know for me it was Maharishi saying that I'd fulfill 
> > all my desires that got me hooked.  Now I'm grateful that I got 
> > hooked.  Even tho all my desires have not been fulfilled.  And a bit 
> > ashamed to admit that I've never been that interested in enlightenment.  
> > Just fulfilling those dang desires.  Girls just wanna have fun, dontcha 
> > know (-:    
> > 
> > 
> > I guess what I'd say I know is that Life's unfathomable.  Grace 
> > especially so.  I'm grateful for the grace that allows me to rest in 
> > that.  Not all the time, mind you.  But more and more.  
> > 
> > 
> > Warning:  woowoo below:
> > 
> > Oh something else I heard is that when a person gets onto a spiritual path, 
> > the teacher of that path makes a contract with God to help that person get 
> > totally enlightened.  
> > 
> > 
> > I LOVE yogic flying.  It's my favorite part of program.  But I 
> > suspect that's because I have a more active physiology.  Someone more 
> > kapha might naturally be more settled and enjoy the TM part mainly.  I 
> > enjoy yogic flying for itself not because of some future result.  I'm 
> > pretty sure I'm not the only long term sidha who feels this way.  But as 
> > always, I could be wrong.
> > 
> > 
> > Here's a personal belief FWIW:  anyone past the age of 50 who doesn't 
> > think they're a little self deluded is probably a lot self deluded.  It 
> > comes with the territory.  And with having a wiley old ego (-:
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > ________________________________
> >  From: Vaj <vajradhatu@>
> > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
> > Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2012 8:28 AM
> > Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Brahmananda Saraswati passes on his Jiva to 
> > Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
> > 
> > 
> >   
> > 
> > 
> > On Jun 29, 2012, at 3:58 PM, Bhairitu wrote:
> > 
> > Sounds like an Indiana Jones scenario. Is Harrison Ford available? 
> > 
> > 
> > I know. We’ll have to drop the Thuggee slant and substitute another 
> > more obscure, perhaps cannibalistic sect.
> > 
> > Actually the thing that has this guy so worried, what David Sieveking said 
> > in David Wants to Fly, is actually touched on more deeply in the 
> > unpublished part of the interview with the Shankaracharya of Jyotir Math. 
> > He states that Maheshiji deliberately created a situation that divided the 
> > Shankaracharya of the North into two by supporting and paying for a faux 
> > Shankaracharya. He states flat out Mahesh used a ‘divide and 
> > conquer’ strategy to further his own ends. 
> > 
> > Hopefully when the DVD is released the extras will include a subtitled 
> > version of the full interview, which is damning for the false history that 
> > the TMO has purposefully forwarded for decades and reveals Mahesh for who 
> > he truly was.
> > 
> > 
> > On how the TM Sidhi Programme is not the path to enlightenment
> > 
> > Whenever a man begins meditation there are many achievments that fill his 
> > path. However they only cause him distractions and he must stay vary of 
> > them because Yoga is not about these achievements but it is about a larger 
> > goal...it is about a more accomplished journey. It is not about flying. 
> > If you start thinking of these things then you will never find peace of 
> > mind or enlightenment.
> > 
> > If a man is close to attain his goal God himself will put up some 
> > achievements [siddhis] in his path to serve as obstacles. Man himself in 
> > the form of the respect that the yogi will receive from his fellow beings, 
> > causing him to be distracted and inflate his ego. People will start 
> > worshipping him; His fame will spread far and wide and whatever he wishes 
> > in his heart will come true. Like you say in your heart that you wish to 
> > have some sweets and before you mention it to anyone that particular sweet 
> > arrives!...all these things come in the way of the Yogi and disturb his 
> > meditaion hence we must only concentrate on our meditation and not think of 
> > anything else.
> > 
> > - HH Swami Swarupananda, Jagadguru of Jyotirmath.
> > 
> > 
> > On How Maharishi Mahesh Yogi tried to divide the Shankaracharya of the North
> > 
> > ...he was very smart and shrewd. He was responsible for the controversy 
> > over Shankaracharya’s here in Jyotirmath. He wanted to put up here a 
> > Shankaracharya who would listen to him. That was his motive behind 
> > dividing the Jyotirmath.
> > 
> > - HH Swami Swarupananda, Jagadguru of Jyotirmath.
> >
>