Thanks luvgemlight, this is wonderful. I've also heard Maharishi call ni the continuation of negation. Which in the circumstances is kind of a paradox. Which I love.
________________________________ From: luvgemlight <m8r-mp8...@mailinator.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, January 18, 2013 12:23 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Light therapy with gems in Maharishi Ayurveda --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "card" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "luvgemlight" wrote: > > > > > > > > Having received regular Maharishi Light Therapy with Gem treatments here in > > southern california ( http://www.socalgemlight.com/ ) either twice or four > > times each month since my first treatment last march in 2012, I can safely > > say that, yes, it is a powerful treatment modality for improving > > consciousness and creativity, and the "light beamers" are laser penlights > > -- thus, the light passing through these gems is very coherent (unlike > > ambient lighting from any other source). I've had a ritam experience, one > > time, plus some kundalini awakening later on after that particular > > treatment. Also, I'm the last person to notice that I'm transcending during > > the treatments. I usually have to infer this from the fact that my > > experience of myself is so naturally transparent that I don't realize that > > this transparency is truly my Self. These gemlight treatments are very > > empowering to the mind, so that care and consideration given to one's > > thoughts, speech, and action is a very good idea since they can materialize. > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante wrote: > > > > > > On tonight's (MON Feb 2nd) Global Family Chat on the Maharishi > > > Channel, they talked about the new light/gem therapy in Maharishi > > > Ayurveda (the first line of Rig Veda says that agni/fire is the > > > source of gems, > > Well, the compound word is > > ratnadhaatama: (ratna-dhaa + superlative suffix -tama?) > > ratnadhA [ = ratnadhaa] mfn. procuring wealth , distributing > riches or precious things (%{-tama} mfn. distñdistributing great riches) RV. > AV. S3Br. ; possessing wealth RV. > > According to Macdonell's comment: > > ...'ratna' never means /jewel/ in the Rgveda. :/ > > agnim iiLe purohitaM > yajñasya devam RtvijaM > hotaaraM ratnadhaatamam. If the cornucopia of wealth comes from agni, then possibly agni is more than merely 'fire'? Consider this interpretation.... >From the 1974 MIU Course Catalog, Maharishi explains 'agnim' phoneme by >phoneme as it accumulates meaning sequentially from the first sound... a = fullness. g = puts a stop to fullness. n = negates the stop of fullness. i = progresses this negation of fullness' stop. m = maintains this whole thing, on and on and on, like a continuous hum. Now, let's apply this sequential rendering as a five-step template of sorts straight from the TM technique... a = "least action is achieved": the field of the transcendent (even the sage, Milarepa, discerns the fullness of the "transcendental field" as the field of least action). g = "through alternation between": alternating phases are preceded by a stop to the previous phase before starting the next phase. n = "rest" (the negation of the relative's natural state of continuous activity) i = "and activity" (activity always breeds progressive growth) m = "maintained as a daily/etc routine" (how else can anything be maintained, but as a sequence of cyclic phases?) Sum total - "Least action is achieved through alternation between rest and activity maintained in regular cycles." So, TM (yogic union with agni) achieves wealth (samadhi/agni) through agni (the five-step template described above). Kind of like saying: the course of life is "from here to here" through here as well. But of course, we already know that Maharishi uses the term 'TM' since westerners have a strange predilection for believing that yoga means merely postures. So, he couldn't use the more obvious term of 'yoga'. Yet, "yogasta kuru karmani" = "established in Being, perform action", one of the two mottos of this movement (the other is, "nistraigunyo bhavarjun" = transcend) really means established in yoga, doesn't it? Kind of gives away what TM is all about.....yoga. > > gems are described in the Vedas as the "Radiance of > > > God" -- Charaka Samhita says gems are second in treatment value only > > > to mantras, and gems are ahead of herbal treatments). They use some > > > sort of light (frequency depends on the gem involved, amethyst, > > > emerald, etc -- seven types of gems used all told) in a flashlight- > > > type device which shines light through 12 gems set in gold. The light > > > is flashed on the palm of the hand (some of the photos in newspaper > > > articles show people getting the light beam on the forehead even > > > though the Raj people only talked about palm application), and people > > > are reporting good experiences (some expansion of consciousness, > > > healing of injured area, etc) in the 300 treatments at the Raj to > > > date. The light is supposed to act on the "light body" of the > > > recipient, and although there are side effects like healing, it's > > > basically designed to remove obstacles to enlightenment values more > > > than just wearing gems, with the goal of letting celestial light fill > > > the body. In Switzerland all the HMOs pay for this therapy up to 80% > > > of the cost of treatment. Ayurveda recipes including powdered gems > > > are legal in Germany, but not yet legal in the USA. > > > > > > "There is no inside or outside. The same light inside, the same light > > > outside." > > > > > >
