I think a lot of us had this same experience with Maharishi. That's why his own recounting of his first exposure to Guru Dev had such resonance; we could relate to it in a visceral way. Not everyone did, of course, but it sure set the hook for a lot of dedicated service that followed.
*** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" <raunchydog@...> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long <sharelong60@> wrote: > > > > > > > In my tradition shaktipat is given by touch. A lot of other traditions > > > do it this way. Did you know that Maharishi also gave shaktipat when he > > > first taught meditation? > > > > Maharishi did that to the end, mainly by sight. > > > Yep. The first time I met Maharishi was in Detroit,1973. I took the day off > from teaching school to help drive some folks in his entourage from the > airport to a hotel. A small group of Detroiters met him on the Tarmac to give > him a flower, and then we followed him through the airport like a row of > ducks to a car waiting to pick him up. As he was getting into the car I > happened to be about two or three feet from him, eyeball to eyeball. I > didn't know anything about shaktipat but it was a direct hit that felt like > an eternity. I was utterly exposed, he *knew* me, saw right into my being. It > was a moment of recognition, two souls meeting. He claimed me as his own and > I gave my heart to him. >
