You are incorrect - I know more about the TMer bija mantras than just
about anyone on the entire planet. My knowledge of mantra yoga is like a
big mountain compared to your tiny ant hill. You, on the other hand, are
nothing but an editor. It's not a matter of ego - it's all about
knowledge and the proof is in the archives. Go figure.
There are maybe three TMers on this list; one or two tantrics; a fakir;
and about a dozen bhogis. Apparently I'm the only yogi that knows where
the TMer bija mantras really came from. Almost everyone knows that the
TMer bija mantras are the nick-names of the Hindu gods.
But, I will grant that you are probably the only poser here that knows
about the Indian rope trick. LoL!
On 11/25/2013 2:19 PM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote:
Remember I said Richard's goal here is to mislead and create confusion
and dissension. A good example of this is his post below. If anyone
here takes him seriously enough to want to know the details of what's
wrong with it, let me know.
<snip>
Richard wrote:
A good example of this is Judy calling me a liar for posting that she
claimed the TMer bija mantras are not the names of the Hindu gods. We
were in agreement on this for over a decade, but now I've changed my
mind about it.
So, I still say that TM practice is PRESENTED without reference to any
Hindu deities, but I really think that's just because that might tend
to keep one on the conscious thinking level of meaning,; TM seems to
work best when the bija is an abstract, non-semantic, simple mnemonic
device. But, the Hindu gods came BEFORE the invention of bija mantras
and the bijas are nick-names based on the Hindu gods.
It doesn't make a lot of sense for a tantric teacher to invent a
nonsense syllable that is not based on Sanskrit words. If that was the
case, I could say that 'bing' was the bija of 'Being'; but everyone
knows that 'sring' is part of the name for Saraswati in Sanskrit. From
what I've read, the name 'Saraswati' was used as long ago as 1500 BC
in India, long before the invention of Tantra.
Not sure why she said those mean things about me, since everyone
realizes that I probably know more about TM and the TMer bijas than
anyone else on the planet. Go figure.
"Note to newbies: Willytex, aka pundit, punditster, punditmoderator,
etc., spouts a great deal of absolute nonsense. Nothing he says about
TM (or about much of anything else, but especially* TM) is to be taken
seriously. Just for example, the TM mantras are *not* the names of the
Hindu gods. The Hindu gods have perfectly good names of their own."
Subject: Re: do you ever repeat your mantra when you are asleep and
dreaming?
Author: Judy Stein
Newsgroups: alt.meditation.transcendental
Date: Sat, Dec 17 2005 1:22 pm
http://tinyurl.com/9gxse
Xeno wrote:
As for authfriend's beliefs in this regard, as least for the point of
argument she sometimes seems to hold some esoteric ideas, but unless
she specifically states just what she believes in this regard, I am
not sure at all what she believes. Her highly argumentative stance
here might just be a product of her personality tendencies, and have
less to do with what she thinks is true. After all, if you post
something here, it is a near certainly that she will find something
wrong with it...
