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.àI know for me it was Maharishi saying that I'd fulfill > > all my desires that got me hooked.àNow I'm grateful that I got > > hooked.àEven tho all my desires have not been fulfilled.àAnd a bit > > ashamed to admit that I've never been that interested in enlightenment.à> > Just fulfilling those dang desires.àGirls just wanna have fun, dontcha > > know (-: àà> > > > > > I guess what I'd say I know is that Life's unfathomable.àGrace > > especially so.àI'm grateful for the grace that allows me to rest in > > that.àNot all the time, mind you.àBut more and more.à> > > > > > Warning:àwoowoo 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.à> > > > > > I LOVE yogic flying.àIt's my favorite part of program.àBut I > > suspect that's because I have a more active physiology.àSomeone more > > kapha might naturally be more settled and enjoy the TM part mainly.àI > > enjoy yogic flying for itself not because of some future result.àI'm > > pretty sure I'm not the only long term sidha who feels this way.àBut as > > always, I could be wrong. > > > > > > Here's a personal belief FWIW:àanyone past the age of 50 who doesn't > > think they're a little self deluded is probably a lot self deluded.àIt > > comes with the territory.àAnd 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 > > > > > > à> > > > > > On Jun 29, 2012, at 3:58 PM, Bhairitu wrote: > > > > Sounds like an Indiana Jones scenario. Is Harrison Ford available?à> > > > > > I know. Weââ¬â¢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,àis 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 ââ¬Ëdivide and > > conquerââ¬â¢ strategy to further his own ends.à> > > > 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 accomplishedàjourney. 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.àPeople 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 theseàthings 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 Shankaracharyaââ¬â¢s here in Jyotirmath. He wanted to put up here a > > Shankaracharya whoàwould listen to him. That was his motive behind > > dividing the Jyotirmath. > > > > - HH Swami Swarupananda, Jagadguru of Jyotirmath. > > >