Thanks, Bob, I stand corrected. Maharishi sure does sound like him, though, even the laugh.
** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" > <reavismarek@> wrote: > > > > Bob, I'm positive that it's Maharishi speaking, not Guru Dev. At > > first I thought it was Guru Dev, too, but it's only because > Maharishi > > so very much sounds like Guru Dev; lots of the same inflections and > > stresses, but Maharishi's voice is a bit higher register. Also, > about > > halfway through he laughs and the laugh seems unmistakeably > Maharishi's. > > > > In any case, it's definitely not Guru Dev's talk about the salt > statue > > going to measure the ocean's depth; I've listened to that scores of > > times and know it well. > > > > Thanks to Paul Mason for uploading it to YouTube. > > > > ** > > > > *********** > > Well, Paul Mason, in a reply at the youtube posting, sez it is GD -- > here's the exchange: > > Who is speaking on this video -- is it Guru Dev? > (Reply) > PremanandPaul (1 day ago) > The soundtrack of this film is a 'wire-recording' of Guru Dev giving > a lecture. Other recordings of Guru Dev speaking and singing are > posted as mp3s on his webpages, try a search engine and type: Guru > Dev Recordings > (Reply) > divineinanna (1 day ago) > Can you supply any date or location of the footage? > (Reply) > PremanandPaul (1 day ago) > Guru Dev film and audio from circa 1950-51, North India. Judging from > what Guru Dev is saying on the audio recording he was not very far > from the birthplace of Sita (i.e. Mithila), so possibly the ancient > city of Patna, or maybe Lucknow (where the filmstock and wire- > recordings were found), or perhaps even Varanasi (where Guru Dev had > his main ashram). > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante <no_reply@> > wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "george_deforest" > > > <george.deforest@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > do.rflex wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Guru Dev video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oxh2Txy9_C4 > > > > > Thanks to Paul Mason. > > > > > > > > one question: > > > > who is the narrator, and what is he saying ... is it > > > > Guru Dev speaking ?? > > > > > > > > also, cameo of young Maharishi, at about 2:20 > > > > > > > > > > > > > *********** > > > > > > It's Guru Dev speaking, possibly this is what he's saying -- > > > recordings of him were rare: > > > > > > "In a rare wire recording of Swami Brahmananda Sarasvati, he says > > > that it is easy for the mind to reach the paramatma (that which > is > > > beyond the Atman) but the experience cannot be expressed. He > gives > > > the example of a statue made of salt. You can put it in the sea > and > > > it will go deep down into the water without any difficulty. It > will > > > melt in the sea. If you ask the statue to say anything about the > sea > > > (the experience) like how deep it was, etc. it is very difficult! > > > Like that the mind experiences the paramatma and becomes immersed > in > > > it. It cannot speak about the experience of becoming the > paramatma. > > > If it can then it has not really experienced it." > > > > > > http://tinyurl.com/yodp3x > > > > > >
