--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Jan 28, 2007, at 4:41 PM, sparaig wrote: > > > Leaving aside your implicit praising of '"Swami" Rama" (why the > > quotes, BTW?) > > There's some question as to whether or not he was really a "swami". > In fact it's known that the Swami has at least one son. Not to > mention the fact the guy took sexual advantage of his female > students. Thus the quotes. > > > , I just find it > > amusing that you praised SSRS for what you thought was a mass > > initiation of millions of > > people into a TM-like technique at a large public gathering on the > > first day of the > > gathering, and yet denounce MMY's organization which at least > > provides a 4 day training > > session with initial private instruction and lifetime followup, and > > THEN procede to explain > > how awful the TMO is for not following the traditional procedure > > for teaching meditation > > after instruction in asanas, pranayama and months-long personal > > evaluation of the > > student by the teacher... > > SSRS used to recommend pranayama before meditation instruction. I do > not know if he still does. He just seems more responsible in his > delivery of the teachings. The sequence is important for a number of > reasons, most important IMMO is less side effects, less burnouts and > a smooth awakening (the "mechanics" of which were recently posted). > You definitely don't want shakti taking the wrong path unless you're > close to someone who knows how to straighten you out :-). >
I see, so his initiation (what YOU thought was initiation) of millions of people into meditation at the start of his conference shows that he is more responsible in his delivery of the teachings...
