--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 8/27/05 9:56 AM, "TurquoiseB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The question from my point of view, 28 years away > > from it, is -- was it darshan or was it something > > else, something more occult? I don't have an > > answer to this question, because it really has > > been so long since I've been in Maharishi's > > presence, but I wonder about it sometimes. > > It's been interesting to watch this whole idea of "darshan" as something > "important" develop. From my perspective, it's largely an artifact of > spiritual materialism and one-upmanship in the spiritual supermarket. > > Originally "darshan" was just hanging with the guru. > > It began to take importance as a buzzword when Baba Muktananda brought the > Siddha tradition to the west. In his trad. darshan *is important* because it > is part and parcel of how the teaching was transmitted. He (and his > successors) had the unique siddhi of transmitting shakti, either > deliberately, or just by being in their presence during nightly "darshan". > Attending one of these events one would see people who had never meditated > going into deep spontaneous absorptions, assuming yoga asanas spontaneously > and a long list of experiences. > > Good news like this spread fast. It also upped the ante in the spiritual > supermarket. If we had the "highest" teaching, then surely OUR teacher had a > profound "darshan" as well! Never mind if you were from a totally different > tradition where shaktipat was *not* part of the game plan--darshan was HOT > and everybody had to have it. It became like "my father is stronger than > your father kind of mentality." > > I'm surprised someone hasn't developed a darshan rating scale. > > Any hew, then MMY just HAD to have a good darshan. Man that's where it's at! > But it's really mimicry of the most pathetic kind IMO. > > My .02 USD
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