--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 9/28/05 2:51 PM, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > >> On 9/28/05 4:05 AM, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Jason Spock > > >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>> > > >>>> Hari Om, > > >>>> I heard that, in an interview, Maharishi refused to > > >>>> Levitate. He reasoned that he had already achieved Unity > > >>>> consciousness and there was no need for him to prove > > >>>> himself.!! > > >>> > > >>> Many commentaries on the Yoga sutras make this point. > > >> > > >> What point is that? Can you give an example? > > > > > > The text that you keep referring to from the Shankaracharya > > > tradition says this. > > > > Hmmm. Must've missed that part.
"This object [the siddhis] is not for him, who is knower of the Self, for he, the knower of the Self, has in view only the Self. He is content by himself and in himself and does not go after these products of ignorance." --Laghu Yogavasistha, as quoted by Vidaranya > > It DID say that yogic flying was > > an obstacle of Cosmic Consciousness (Skt.: turiyatita). > > Where exactly did it say that? See: http://tinyurl.com/cx4ff Vaj's story seems to have changed a bit since that post, though. But perhaps he's discovered passages that refer explicitly to yogic flying as an obstacle. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
