This doesn't explain why some folks got a buzz hearing the puja when initiated. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <turquoiseb@...> wrote :
But "mood-making" does. As does "expectation," and "placebo effect." I've always found it curious that people intelligent enough to recognize that science long ago proved that the "experiences" they cling to could *easily* be explained by either of these things cling to the Woo Woo explanation instead. I guess that for them it comes down to it being easier for them to say "Some mystical, magical Woo that I don't fully understand caused my experience" than it is to say, "I imagined it, as I was conditioned to." :-) :-) :-) So, what it comes down to it was easier for you in 34 years to use the placebo effect to get the Woo Woo into the meditation technique, but you failed to prove the science. Go figure. I suppose there may be some souls who don't experience a buzz. Maybe they're just "young souls." I've also found the stuff over on TM-Free to be rather naive since it's still couched in the very narrow and sheltered focus of TM. And some people get a buzz just off of music including maybe even Bruce Cockburn tunes. :-) On 02/26/2015 03:14 AM, TurquoiseBee turquoiseb@... mailto:turquoiseb@... [FairfieldLife] wrote: Interesting article over at TM-Free. It'll be interesting to hear from TM teachers who still claim that the "high" they get from the puja is caused by the sound of the words themselves. Clearly, it is caused by mood making. People on certain TTTC courses after 1974 were not only told to "keep the meaning of the offerings lively in their minds" as I was on my 1972 TTC course, they were told *exactly what to think and feel* while chanting it. Fascinating. http://tmfree.blogspot.nl/2015/01/another-deception-by-maharishi-uncovered.html http://tmfree.blogspot.nl/2015/01/another-deception-by-maharishi-uncovered.html "Puja Feeling," (1974, with 1974 explanatory notes): -- Upon saying the line that starts with "Avahanam," and while placing that offering (or its symbolic equivalent, raw rice grains) upon the altar, feel the following: "I feel the upsurge of purifying waves of knowledge." Explanation: This offering of the invocation to the great Masters of the Holy Tradition brings a lively awareness of eternal wisdom. -- Upon saying the line that starts with "Asanam," and while placing that offering (or its symbolic equivalent) upon the altar, feel the following: "I am realizing the ideal of yogastah kuru karmani." Explanation: This offering symbolizes the immovable seat of life in Being. In offering this seat we feel stablized in the immovability of Being. Offerings on this firm basis are actions to fulfil cosmic purpose. -- Upon saying the line that..."Snanam,"... "I feel the joy of standing in the cosmic waters of pure consciousness." Explanation: This offering of an ablution symbolises the refreshing omnipresence of Pure Consciousness. -- Upon saying the line that..."Vastram,"... "I am secure in the Omnipresence of Being." Explanation: This offering of cloth symbolizes the garment of all-pervading Being. -- Upon saying..."Chandanam,"... "I am refreshed by the tranquility of the Transcendent." Explanation: This offering of sandalpaste spreads some pleasant cooling influence in the atmosphere. -- Upon..."Akshatan"... "I feel the wholeness of individual awareness." Explanation: This offering of full rice symbolizes the fullness of eternal life. -- Upon..."Pushpam"... "I feel the blossoming of inner Being." Explanation: This offering of a flower symbolizes the full bloom of life. -- Upon..."Dupam"... "I feel a pleasant wave of inner and outer purity." Explanation: This offering of incense symbolizes the sweet fragrance of purity. -- Upon..."Dipam"... "I feel the light of life, Pure Consciousness, illuminating everything." Explanation: This offering of light brings the light of wisdom to dispel all ignorance. --Upon..."Achmaniyam,"... (before "Naivedyam") "I feel the support of the waves of bliss." Explanation: This offering of water softens the atmosphere. -- Upon...."Naivedyam"... "I feel fulfilled in the plentiful life." Explanation: This offering of fruit symbolizes the state of fulfillment. -- Upon..."Achmaniyam"... (said after "Naivedyam") "I feel the flow of fulfillment in the omnipresence of Being." Explanation: This offering of water brings the flow of life in fulfillment. -- Upon..."Tambulam"... "I feel everywhere the cleansing and purifying influence at the source of speech." Explanation: This offering of a betel leaf brings freshness, purifying the abode of speech. -- Upon..."Shri phalam"... "I feel the fullness of life welling up." Explanation: This offering of the complete fruit (coconut) represents the fullness of life, unmanifested and manifest. The entire field of manifest life (gross, subtle and subtlest) is represented respectively by the husk or outer covering, the kernel or meat of the fruit, and the milk or inner essence. The transcendental value of life is symbolized by the self-contained unmanifest space within. -- "Arartikyam." (Offering a camphor frame) -- Upon..."Achmaniyam"... (after "Arartikyam") "I feel the flow of fulfillment in the light of Being." -- "Pushpanjalim." (first) (Offering a handful of flowers) Explanation: This offering of a handful of flowers is the offering of the full bloom of life which has arisen from the offering of light. -- Upon..."Pushpanjalim"... (second) "I feel oneness with the Omnipresent." Explanation: This offering of a handful of flowers symbolizes the surrender of the fully blossomed heart and mind in all the glories of the Relative and the Absolute.
