--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Mr. Magoo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "nablusos108" <nablusos108@> > wrote: > > > > > > > > Conquering this 'foe' therefore is the first step in spiritual > > > > progress and is referred to as 'Yama'...or brahamacharya > > > (celibacy) in > > > > Patanjali's eight limbs of Yoga. > > > > > > > The question is when on our journey do we confront the 'dweller on > > > the threshold'? > > > > We don't. That's for other traditions of warriors. We are not on that > > path. We simply transcend that and comes out in the other end, > > transformed. > > I would clearly have to disagree...in order to transcend to samadhi a > certain amount of spiritual purity must be garnered FIRST! Regular > meditation will help you to do this, meditation and activity go hand > in hand. > > You must apply the power you achieve in Meditation, remember the > archer analogy.....to achieve success in life the arrow must be pulled > all the way back to achieve maximum force....then must be aimed > properly!! Your will does the aiming...... > I think what nablusos108 is saying is that there is no need for will to be exercised once the arrow is pulled back through meditation. The arrow will fly to its target as a result of innocent desires for fulfillment coming about as the result of our individual dharma. Our dharma forms the target(s).
The power resulting from TM comes about naturally as a result of transcending and is expressed naturally through activity.
