--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > <snip> > > > Hmmm... how big a difference would it make if > > > one translated "samaadhau" to 'in samaadhi' instead > > > of 'to samaadhi'? I seem to recall that Vyaasa or > > > Bhoja comments that siddhis tend to make samaadhi weaker, but they > > > don't obstruct it alltogether (provided I've understood > > > the Sanskrit approximately correctly). > > > > Don't know nuttin' about the Sanskrit, but recall > > that according to MMY, the function of practicing > > the TM-Sidhis is to "challenge" samadhi, as with > > the metaphor of the sun fading the yellow dye in the > > context of plain-vanilla TM. Activity following > > meditation "challenges" the samadhi that remains > > after meditation, which ultimately results in > > strengthening it and making it permanent. > > > > The intense color of the dye when the cloth comes > > out of the dye vat is "weakened" by the sun, but > > what remains is what has become permanent. The > > permanent part is added to incrementally with each > > dip into the vat until it's all permanent. But > > that wouldn't have happened if it wasn't "weakened" > > by the sun each time. > > > > Don't know if this has anything to do with it, but > > the possible parallel struck me as interesting. > > The sidhis challenge/weaken samadhi on the most fundamental level > possible.
You know, I never connected the yellow dye analogy with the TM-Sidhis' "challenge" to samadhi before; I sure don't recall the parallel being part of what we were taught about the techniques. It was eki's mention of "weakening" that made me think of it. Now it seems obvious. Did I just miss that part? ------------------------ 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/
