on 3/2/06 8:48 PM, authfriend at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> >> on 3/2/06 5:46 PM, Vaj at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > <snip> >>> I used to receive a hand-typed newsletter from someone on Purusha >>> and he also described a similar story with M. albeit that this >>> would take place over a weeks time, every year. He used a >>> lightproof and temperature controlled room, and his body had to be >>> wrapped in a certain prescribed manner, then off he went to >>> a "continuum of silence" for days. He used it to check on the status >>> of the universe it claimed. >>> >> One of Maharishi¹s secretaries told me that Maharishi¹s weekly >> silences were working sessions. He would take food and crank out >> reams of notes. I don¹t know if they were all that way. > > Doesn't he do a week of silence every year just before > his "birthday" in January, when he proclaims the theme > for the coming year?
Yes. >I remember seeing a tape of his > address just after supposedly coming out of silence one > year (many years ago), in which he was draped in a > beige shawl and spoke quite softly but looked very > blissful. It's the only time I recall seeing him > wearing anything over his white outfit. He had a Chartreuse shawl over his shoulders. Still wore the dhoti. > > We were told he didn't eat or drink anything during the > week of silence, and that he always looked rather frail > when he came out. Yes. I've been there several times when he came out. Very profound darshan, although now I wonder if he was acting a bit to embellish the impression. Maybe sometimes he didn't eat or drink during silence, but one of his secretaries told me that sometimes he did. ------------------------ 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/
