--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson <mjackson74@...> wrote: > > Well that actually makes sense if one believes in kundalini - so I finally > know why they said it, although I am not sure any of the teachers knew that > reason other than it was what they were told - having said that I can't > imagine the serpent fire not being able to rise properly particularly after > reading Gopi Krishna's Living with Kundalini book. > > As to his reclining posture I still think based on his appearance/performance > in the last videos of him that he was in some state of dementia - having > witnessed it in family members, I have to say he had a lot of the earmarks. > > I was just idly musing about this, but I appreciate you clearing it up.
Turquoise is correct, kundalini is fundamental to yoga. If you don't understand kundalini, you don't understand yoga! http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6HHkXoH97r0 > > > > ________________________________ > From: turquoiseb <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2012 9:57 AM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM Rumors > > > Â > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "mjackson74" <mjackson74@> wrote: > > > > As I lay in bed this morning meditating, rather than return > > to the mantra, I was thinking of the oft repeated admonition > > by MANY TM teachers that one should not meditate while lying > > down in bed. None of the teachers ever gave a specific reason > > other than "you might fall asleep." The implication was always > > that there were some mighty good reasons not to do so, but no > > specifics given, except for one initiator who said that you > > release so much stress while you sleep that if you meditate > > even sitting up in the bed you sleep in, you would re-absorb > > the stress. > > One has to believe that the TM teacher who said this made > it up; I certainly never heard anything of the sort from > Maharishi. What he did say, back in the early days (1967-8) > before he went out of his way to distance himself from any > "Indian" or "yogic" language and transliterated TM jargon > into "pseudo-scientific-ese" was that if you're lying down > "the energy released by meditation can't rise properly." > When asked directly whether the "energy" he referred to > was "kundalini," he said "Yes." > > As you point out, any rational reason for this pronouncement > was offered in later years; the very fact that it had been > suggested by Maharishi or by one of his TM teachers should > have been "enough." > > One wonders, given Maharishi's early pronouncements on the > subject, what one is to make of *his* posture during the > last years of his life. Several reports by people doing > the filming have confirmed that almost all of the videos > he made during that period, either for the public or to > stay in touch with the Rajas, were made while he was > reclining in bed. The cameras were mounted on a platform > above his bed, and the pillows and backgrounds were > rearranged to give the impression that he was seated, > not reclining. >
