It's hard not to be cynical and make jokes about Jesus in cheese sandwiches and Mary on the side of office buildings, but let people enjoy what they will!
--- anonyff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I love how clearly and succinctly you speak the > truth! > I had a similar thought but the way I though it was > with a lot more > "sneer" behind it. > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, > "markmeredith2002" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > If purusha had arrived in July and an ice lingam > appeared, then I'd be > > impressed ... but not in the dead of winter. > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer > <fairfieldlife@> > > wrote: > > > > > > From: Anthony Antimuro <mailto:aantimuro@> > > > To: Anthony Antimuro <mailto:aantimuro@> > > > Sent: 1/31/2006 1:27:43 PM > > > Subject: FW: An auspicious beginning > > > > > > Dear Friends, > > > > > > Purusha has landed in the "Land of Wholeness"� > as Maharishi is fond of > > > calling Holland. There is a strong sense in the > group that coming to > > be with > > > Maharishi at this time is a very significant > step forward in our > > evolution. > > > And indeed the signs for it are very auspicious. > > > > > > Normally when Maharishi invites a group to be > with him, he lets them > > rest a > > > day or two to recoup from travel fatigue. So I > was surprised when the > > > message came on the day after we arrived that he > wanted to meet with > > us. We > > > are in bungalows in a resort park just 15 > minutes drive from MERU. I > > was one > > > of the first to arrive at Maharishi's > magnificent wood house. It > > turned out > > > he didn't call for us to meet with him, but to > come see something > > that had > > > appeared: an ice linga, the form of Shiva, the > aspect of Silence > within > > > Natural Law. Purusha is that Silence within > Natural Law so it is > > correlated > > > with Shiva. > > > > > > The ice linga had appeared on the second floor > ledge of Maharishi's > > house > > > near where he has his living quarters. If you > have seen a picture > of his > > > house you would have noticed a prominent sun > room in the center of the > > > second floor above the entrance. The linga > appeared just to the left > > of that > > > room. To see it, we actually went upstairs into > the sun room, a very > > kind > > > invitation that few have ever had the privilege > of seeing. Gareth > > Wallace, > > > who has an office downstairs, said he had never > been upstairs. > > > > > > What makes this linga so unusual is that it > appeared at all. Nothing > > like it > > > had ever appeared on the house before. There was > no snow on the > > roof, and no > > > gutter from which to leak a drip. But there was > a slight drip coming > > off the > > > beam above. From where did so much water come? > One could only > guess. It > > > seemed highly unlikely that enough water could > have leaked under the > > roof > > > and run off the beam, but somehow it did, making > it all the more > > mysterious. > > > > > > At its highest the linga was about 14-15" tall. > When we arrive late > > in the > > > afternoon it was about half that. It was not > clear ice but frosty > > white, and > > > perfectly shaped as lingas seen in stone. The > pandits had done puja > > to it so > > > there were some flower petals around it. > > > > > > When Maharishi was told that the linga had > appeared, the first > thing he > > > asked was if Purusha had arrived, and was told > that yes, they had just > > > arrived. So he took it to be a very auspicious > sign that Shiva would > > give > > > the blessing of an appearance at the time > Purusha arrived. > > > > > > A VERY good start. > > > > > > Jai Guru Dev, > > > > > > Steve > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------ 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 > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------ 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/
