--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Mason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > When I spent some time with Brahmachari Sattyanand he gave me an > advanced technique which involves paying attention to the mantra > in a particular location.
Me, too. > Being in India, with an Indian, in an Indian > ashram, I asked him if he meant in the vicinity of the so&so chakra, > but he soon made it very clear he had no patience for any mention of > chakras and left it at that. He did not say why, but I suspect it is > for the very reasons that Turq gives, that it was off his map (which > is a very good reason not to embark on a dissertation about them). My experience also. That's one reason I wrote what I wrote. There were a lot of things considered "off the program" in the tradition they grew up in, and you can actually see them bristle and get uptight when someone brings these subjects up. > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Or perhaps because chakras are grafted on after the vedic > > > > > stuff he DOES consider important? > > > > > Maharishi mentions marmas, and not chakras. > > > > > > > > In all fairness to MMY, I don't think he wanted to open > > > > a pandora's box with this more esoteric stuff, who knows, > > > > I may not be a meditator now if he did. He wants to broden > > > > his appeal not lessen it, afterall.....I don't hold it > > > > against him, although it would be reassuring if he did > > > > explain it from our (TM) point of view. :-) > > > > > > Haven't any of you guys considered the obvious? > > > He doesn't speak about chakras (and thousands > > > of other spiritual subjects) because he doesn't > > > know anything about them. > > > > > > If you want to know about such things, go to > > > the spiritual traditions that have studied them > > > for centuries. His obviously didn't. > > > > Before anyone freaks out and considers this > > "anti-TM," it's not. I honestly think that > > 1) he doesn't discuss this particular subject > > (chakras) and many others (the mechanics of > > what happens between incarnations, how to > > transmit shakti, how to perceive auras, etc.) > > because he doesn't know anything about them, > > 2) that it is *fine* and *appropriate* that > > he doesn't know anything about them, and > > 3) that it's a *good idea* that he doesn't > > say anything about them. Why spread ignorance > > when so many people are going to listen to > > it and assume that it's knowledge? > > > > Maharishi grew up in a very conservative and > > mainstream Hindu tradition. They had a lot of > > things they were knowledgable about, and when > > he discusses those things, he is on safe ground > > and is doing his students a service to pass > > along what he might have learned. But to stray > > into areas that he never studied (because his > > tradition didn't study them or consider them > > important) would be a *disservice* to his > > students. > > > > If you think I'm wrong about this, try to > > remember when he *has* talked about other spir- > > itual traditions, like the times he's conveyed > > complete and total misinformation about Subud, > > about Scientology, and about Christianity. In > > every case, one or more of his students cornered > > him into talking about something he knew nothing > > about except some misinformation that he'd heard > > along the way, and he passed along that misinfor- > > mation as if it were true. > > > > In my opinion, when you know nothing about a > > subject, it's better to say nothing about it than > > to spout a buncha bullshit and *prove* that you > > know nothing about it. Some posters here, who > > feel compelled to act as if they know all about > > things they've never studied (the Google-it-for- > > five-minutes-and-pretend-you're-an-expert approach) > > would IMO do better to follow their teacher's > > example and just stay away from subjects they > > know nothing about. > > > 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/
