[FairfieldLife] Re: Does anybody know what form of meditation MMY practiced?

2011-10-23 Thread pranamoocher
I believe MMY said on a tape or two that I've heard (perhaps on several occasions), that Guru Dev taught something that "must be better" than TM. Could have been one of the tapes was titled "Guru Dev and the full moon," that I recall watching on TTC and some other courses as well. --- In Fairfield

[FairfieldLife] Re: Does anybody know what form of meditation MMY practiced?

2011-10-24 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, pranamoocher wrote: > > I believe MMY said on a tape or two that I've heard (perhaps on several > occasions), that Guru Dev taught something that "must be better" than > TM. > Could have been one of the tapes was titled "Guru Dev and the full > moon," > that

[FairfieldLife] Re: Does anybody know what form of meditation MMY practiced?

2011-10-24 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, pranamoocher wrote: > > I believe MMY said on a tape or two that I've heard (perhaps > on several occasions), that Guru Dev taught something that > "must be better" than TM. Could have been one of the tapes > was titled "Guru Dev and the full moon," that I rec

[FairfieldLife] Re: Does anybody know what form of meditation MMY practiced?

2011-10-24 Thread wgm4u
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, pranamoocher wrote: > > > > I believe MMY said on a tape or two that I've heard (perhaps > > on several occasions), that Guru Dev taught something that > > "must be better" than TM. Could have be

[FairfieldLife] Re: Does anybody know what form of meditation MMY practiced?

2011-10-24 Thread richardwillytexwilliams
wgm4u: > For Instance, did MMY practice TM? Or, did he > practice any meditation at all? Did the Guru Dev > initiate him? and into what? > Brahmananda Saraswati and Mahesh Yogi both practiced samaya marga of Sri Vidya. Sri Vidya is a path of internal puja to the deity of the Sri Yantra. Th

[FairfieldLife] Re: Does anybody know what form of meditation MMY practiced?

2011-10-24 Thread wgm4u
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "richardwillytexwilliams" wrote: > > > > wgm4u: > > For Instance, did MMY practice TM? Or, did he > > practice any meditation at all? Did the Guru Dev > > initiate him? and into what? > > > Brahmananda Saraswati and Mahesh Yogi both practiced > samaya

[FairfieldLife] Re: Does anybody know what form of meditation MMY practiced?

2011-10-24 Thread whynotnow7
It makes sense. They say do what you love, and I doubt he could have spread the practice of TM so widely without knowing about the mechanics first-hand. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mark Landau wrote: > > In my hearing M said "I use *my* mantra." Of course, he didn't say what it > was

[FairfieldLife] Re: Does anybody know what form of meditation MMY practiced?

2011-10-24 Thread richardwillytexwilliams
> > > For Instance, did MMY practice TM? Or, did he > > > practice any meditation at all? Did the Guru Dev > > > initiate him? and into what? > > > > > Brahmananda Saraswati and Mahesh Yogi both practiced > > samaya marga of Sri Vidya. > > wgm4u: > What do you mean by, "meditate on the Sri

[FairfieldLife] Re: Does anybody know what form of meditation MMY practiced?

2011-10-24 Thread richardwillytexwilliams
Tom Pall: > Guess that allowed him to forge wills at the end. > Do you have any new evidence to support your claim that MMY forged SBS's will? "Only the lineage of Vasudevananda (through Santananda) can be traced directly to Brahmananda, without any interruptions." - Vidyasankar Sundaresan h

[FairfieldLife] Re: Does anybody know what form of meditation MMY practiced?

2011-10-24 Thread wgm4u
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "richardwillytexwilliams" wrote: > wgm4u: > > What do you mean by, "meditate on the Sri Yantra"? > > > The Sri Yantra is the symbol of Tripurasundari, with > the fifteen bija-mantras enumerated. TM is based on the > meditation that is transcendental using

[FairfieldLife] Re: Does anybody know what form of meditation MMY practiced?

2011-10-24 Thread emptybill
Wiki Willy just did some kind of shikan taza instead of TM. That's why he says "meditate on xyz" as if it was a topic of reflection. In this case, he says "meditate on" Sri Yantra and its bija because that must be something "transcendental". This is the kind of language people used back in the 1

[FairfieldLife] Re: Does anybody know what form of meditation MMY practiced?

2011-10-24 Thread wgm4u
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "emptybill" wrote: > > > Wiki Willy just did some kind of shikan taza instead of TM. > > That's why he says "meditate on xyz" as if it was a topic of reflection. > > In this case, he says "meditate on" Sri Yantra and its bija because that > must be someth

[FairfieldLife] Re: Does anybody know what form of meditation MMY practiced?

2011-10-24 Thread Yifu
thx...; Guru Dev appeared to me in a Blaze of Light in the dream state in 1986, initiating me into a Durga mantra. Based on that experience and other hints, I believe SBS was a devotee of Durga in addition to a Sri Yantra Sadhana practitoner. I don't see any attempt on MMY's part to continue wi

[FairfieldLife] Re: Does anybody know what form of meditation MMY practiced?

2011-10-24 Thread wgm4u
Well...there you have it! :-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Yifu" wrote: > > thx...; Guru Dev appeared to me in a Blaze of Light in the dream state in > 1986, initiating me into a Durga mantra. Based on that experience and other > hints, I believe SBS was a devotee of Durga in addition

[FairfieldLife] Re: Does anybody know what form of meditation MMY practiced?

2011-10-24 Thread emptybill
In 2001 SSRS had Durga Devi on his personal altar. Saw it myself. His father and family were followers of SBS, so I'm thinking that it was SOP. However, as a mahaa-pandita he could have used any devataa he wished - but he chose her. My friend (the one who gave me mahaa-rudra-abhishekam in the pan

[FairfieldLife] Re: Does anybody know what form of meditation MMY practiced?

2011-10-25 Thread richardwillytexwilliams
> > That's why he says "meditate on xyz" as > > if it was a topic of reflection. > > wgm4u: > ...still waiting for Willytex's explanation. > So, we get TM and the TM bijas from MMY, who got the bijas from SBS, who got the bijas from the Swami Krishananda Saraswati of Sringeri. So, the TM bijas

[FairfieldLife] Re: Does anybody know what form of meditation MMY practiced?

2011-10-25 Thread richardwillytexwilliams
Tom Pall: > > Guess that allowed him to forge wills at the end. > > > Do you have any new evidence to support your claim > that MMY forged SBS's will? > So, I assume not. "This [new] Will was written in December 1952 and was deposited at that time. The Interim Committee obtained a copy of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Does anybody know what form of meditation MMY practiced?

2011-10-25 Thread richardwillytexwilliams
Yifu: > For those arguing that MMY was a "secret" Divine Mother > devotee or Sri Yantra Sadhana practitioner; I doubt it... > Maybe so, but the edifice architecture espoused by MMY tells a different story. In fact, the Maharishi Golden Dome of Pure Knowledge is a symbol of the Divine Mother.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Does anybody know what form of meditation MMY practiced?

2011-10-25 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "richardwillytexwilliams" wrote: > > > > > > That's why he says "meditate on xyz" as > > > if it was a topic of reflection. > > > > wgm4u: > > ...still waiting for Willytex's explanation. > > > So, we get TM and the TM bijas from MMY, who got > the bija

[FairfieldLife] Re: Does anybody know what form of meditation MMY practiced?

2011-10-25 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "richardwillytexwilliams" wrote: > > > > Yifu: > > For those arguing that MMY was a "secret" Divine Mother > > devotee or Sri Yantra Sadhana practitioner; I doubt it... > > > Maybe so, but the edifice architecture espoused by MMY tells > a different sto

[FairfieldLife] Re: Does anybody know what form of meditation MMY practiced?

2011-10-25 Thread richardwillytexwilliams
> > "In the nearness of that, turbulence ceases." - Patanjali > > nablusoss1008: > Did you upload this post to the FFL files section ? > You can read my full report here: 'Inside the Golden Dome' http://www.rwilliams.us/inside/> > > > For those arguing that MMY was a "secret" Divine Mother >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Does anybody know what form of meditation MMY practiced?

2011-10-25 Thread shukra69
Ennanri Konraarkkum uyvundaam uyvillai seynnanri konra makarku It may be Possible for men to earn Redemption from all other sins But from the sin of ingratitude None has escaped ever since 11:110 Every sin is redeemable on earth but not ingratitude, insists the saint poet in the approved manner.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Does anybody know what form of meditation MMY practiced?

2011-10-25 Thread whynotnow7
Everything is redeemable. Ingratitude just means our attention was someplace else, perhaps perceived as a slight by someone else (unless we were truly acting to hurt others, which is another matter entirely). I like the expression, what others think of me is none of my business.:-) --- In Fairf

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Does anybody know what form of meditation MMY practiced?

2011-10-24 Thread Tom Pall
On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 11:21 AM, richardwillytexwilliams < willy...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > wgm4u: > > For Instance, did MMY practice TM? Or, did he > > practice any meditation at all? Did the Guru Dev > > initiate him? and into what? > > > Brahmananda Saraswati and Mahesh Yogi both practiced >

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Does anybody know what form of meditation MMY practiced?

2011-10-24 Thread Tom Pall
On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 12:38 PM, Tom Pall wrote: > > I tried this only once. Got choked up on the incense burning within me, > the internally strewn flowers. Got tremendous heartburn from the camphor. > > But seriously, folks, Maharishi in all of my residence courses and WPAs told us that h

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Does anybody know what form of meditation MMY practiced?

2011-10-24 Thread Mark Landau
In my hearing M said "I use *my* mantra." Of course, he didn't say what it was. On Oct 24, 2011, at 10:52 AM, Tom Pall wrote: > On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 12:38 PM, Tom Pall wrote: > > > I tried this only once. Got choked up on the incense burning within me, the > internally strewn flowers.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Does anybody know what form of meditation MMY practiced?

2011-10-24 Thread Bhairitu
Most likely a "guru mantra" probably given to him by Brahmananda Saraswati. Usually those are different for each disciple. On 10/24/2011 10:08 AM, Mark Landau wrote: > In my hearing M said "I use *my* mantra." Of course, he didn't say what it > was. > > On Oct 24, 2011, at 10:52 AM, Tom Pall w

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Does anybody know what form of meditation MMY practiced?

2011-10-25 Thread Tom Pall
On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 5:50 PM, richardwillytexwilliams wrote: > > > Tom Pall: > > Guess that allowed him to forge wills at the end. > > > Do you have any new evidence to support your claim > that MMY forged SBS's will? > > This is FFL. U can get by with a lot of rumor and innuendo here.If