on 12/27/05 12:44 PM, Patrick Gillam at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > --- authfriend wrote: >> >> The more abstract the understanding of the nature of >> devas, the less "religious" they seem. Sort of like >> "Christ" the divine/human center of the Christian >> religion, versus the universal "Christ" as a mode of >> consciousness. > > I've been trying to remember if I've ever heard anyone > say or write, "My mantra came to visit me in a tangible > form, and I saw it to be a god." Nothing comes to mind. > That leaves the abstract understanding, which indeed > has no religious feelings for me.
Although on a Rishikesh TTC, Maharishi did say that you eventually do perceive the deity associated with your mantra. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/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/
