--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Patrick Gillam > Sent: Saturday, November 04, 2006 9:48 AM > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Three things I heard > > 3. My chiropractor uses muscle testing to > rank the efficacy of a given supplement or > program on a scale of 10, 10 being worth > doing and anything less being a waste of > time. I finally asked him to rank TM for me. > He said it's a seven on the plus side, with a > "negative three aspect." This notion of a > negative aspect was new to me. When I > asked what it meant, he said TM's mantras > are Hindu gods that sap some energy from > people using the mantras, hence the user > gets some good but pays some price. He > said just about any Indian practice is going > to have this characteristic. My doctor said > last year TM had a negative two aspect, but > lately the price of practice is going up - the > mantras are taking more from their users. > > > > I'm absorbed in setting up a new computer this weekend, transferring > everything from my Mac and old PC. Big job. But this point caught my eye. > The Kaplan letter sort of made this point, but referred to some sort of > astral energy suckers that MMY allegedly employed. A friend of mine has been > telling me this. I think she gets her ideas from David Icke. I see that some > discussion has ensued since you posted this and I'll check it out, but if it > hasn't been discussed, I'd be interested in people's thoughts on this point. > Is meditation using a mantra associated with a "Hindu god" a sort of cosmic > MLM program, where you get something in exchange for enriching those in your > upline? If gods are sapping energy, why does meditation make one more > energetic? Is it that the meditator and the god collaborate (by the > meditator using the god's name in his mantra) and thus accomplish something > neither could accomplish on their own? If so, is the god taking the > meditator's energy, or is the meditator serving as a conduit enabling both > to draw from an inexhaustible energy source? The Gita calls meditation a > yagya, and mentions that through yagya, you support the gods and they > support you. >
Sigh, talk about projecting western ideas. The devas are NOT gods in the western sense of the word. They are anthromorphisms of laws of nature. According to the more sophisticated forms of hinduism, one can influence their activity by performing the proper rituals like yagyas or by using their bija mantras during TM practice (dhyan) but they are NOT gods ala the Greek Zeus and so on. They have no free will available to them beyond the ability to incarnate as living creatures (we were once all Indra, to paraphrase an old story) and without the proper rituals, they are completely predictable using western scientific means. The stories of their romantic relationships are allegorical and are supposed to describe their relationship with other laws of nature. Think of the devas as being the Q ala star trek but less whimsical. I feel odd saying that since the Q are actually the star trek presentation of the hindu devas, but oh well... 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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
