TM/No offense intended/A sense of humor required

[Guest guest]

I am reminded that the highest state, the state of the Jnani is called

Sahaj. Sahaj means easy and natural. So Sahaj Samadhi is considered the

highest state, as it is the natural state. My teacher used to say that Sahaj

is a state of complete harmlessness or Ahimsa towards oneself and others, as

one does not see others as different from oneself.

 

Based on this notion, my criteria for judging things (anything) when I was

an adolescent was, "Is it natural? Is it easy?"

 

When I was in college, many of my friends were learning TM. I told them, it'

s just mantra meditation. You don't have to pay 500 dollars for it. I can

give you for free. If I had had a business sense I could have offered half

price mantras for 250 dollars. Maybe even less on mantra clearance days.

 

Well my friends told me the benefits of TM and that I should get into it.

They were nice friends. Beautiful friends. If I had had any sense of

groupship or fellowship back then, I would have joined. But I asked them

instead, "Is it natural? Is it really natural to sit for 20 minutes in the

morning and 20 minutes at night and recite a mantra? Should we not be

chasing rabbits in the morning and singing after dinner at night?" These

questions irritated them. "Sit for 20 minutes in the morning and 20 minutes

at night", they said. "What if you go over or stay under by a couple of

minutes, " I would ask. "Watches man, watches. What do you think they are

there for? 20 minutes in the morning and 20 at night. Pretty soon you won't

need a watch to tell time. It is a siddhi you see. Wanna levitate baby! We

can teach you to jump like a frog!"

 

"No thanks. Jumping like a frog sitting in a lotus position doesn't seem

natural to me," I would say.

 

Well you know what, it worked for them. Or at least it works for many. One

of my friends came and swore to me that he saw this girl who did TM

levitate. He swore by it and said it was no trick. This girl levitated right

in front of him. After that my friend's favorite line to girls was, "Wanna

levitate baby. I can teach you to levitate."

 

So it's natural for them. My feeling is that if a meditation method feels

natural, it's good. You are not forcing or struggling with yourself. Wanna

levitate baby!

 

And yet what is natural for one may not be natural for another. There came a

point when I sat for meditation for 3-4-5-6 hours took a little break and

started again. It went on like that for years. Then, I used to think TM is

for sissies. 20 minutes in the morning, 20 minutes in evening. Ha! Wanna

really levitate baby!

 

Does it feel natural? Whatever the thing in question is (food, sensuality,

meditation, exercise, jogging), if one can answer yes, it feels natural then

one can feel comfortable. Food that does not suit us puts us in a state of

discomfort. This can be applied to all other things. No point in doing

things which make one uncomfortable. Wanna levitate baby! Like really

levitate!

 

So the questions to ask if one is inclined that way are, " Does it feel

natural? Does it harm me? Does it harm anyone else."? It seems that if one

does what feels natural in a state of nonviolence, one has found the way to

breathe in and breathe out in peace.

 

So go ahead. Jump like a frog. I will jump with you if my knees will let me.

We love you baby! Be blissful.

 

I can teach you how to levitate. My mantras are way more powerful than

anyone else's.

 

I would ask you all to join and also visit the HS Magazine.

 

Our Enlightenment is best in the business. We guarantee it and offer an

extended warranty of 5 years. The extended warranty is a little extra

(cash), but hey, we are talking about some serious cosmic stuff here!

 

Love to all

Harsha

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Namaste all,

> When I was in college, many of my friends were

> learning TM. I told them, it' s just mantra

>meditation. You don't have to pay 500

> dollars for it. I can

> give you for free. If I had had a business sense I

> could have offered half

> price mantras for 250 dollars. Maybe even less on

> mantra clearance days.

 

Harsha's point, made with humour, highlights the

problems of a world in which we all chase money 'to

survive'. Yet in this world sparks spiritual insight,

inevitably this has come through grace after the

recipient has acknowledged briefly a more refined

state of being and made some little effort to

understand it. How can this insight so freely given

then be sold?

 

The recipient offers that which is appropriate but

that which is purchased with money is so often as

transient as the paper that is exchanged.

Renunciation is the currency for both giver and

receiver.

What use is it for the cigarette smoker, the alcoholic

and the glutton purchasing expensive health care to

chop out the disease and then returning to the

previous habits?

 

 

 

Truth cannot be harmed but those who sell their

spiritual insights walk in a dangerous world of

sparkling delights that sparkle only to deceive. Like

Odysseus it is necessary to tie ourselves (our

discursive minds) to the mast of the ship and block

our ears to avoid the rocks onto which we may be lured

by the songs of the Sirens.

 

When Shankara was a small boy he ignored the call to

the court of the king with its riches in name and

goods. The king went to him. Once he had sat at the

feet of his teachers he was then able to enter the

'world' to serve it through his teaching. As with all

the recorded great teachers, there is no record of him

seeking money for this service. Jesus made the Temple

a scene of destruction to make this point.

 

As a schoolteacher, and for my wife also as she is a

retired doctor, it has been difficult (ie. regretted)

to earn money for that which has been our life's work.

We have had to balance income with a perceived duty

to freely given public service. Inevitably the

householder role demands this unwelcome state of

affairs.

 

It is this householder image that I use in my own mind

to assess the role of the many spiritual

organisations, such as exampled in this thread. I look

at the universities and health centres etc. and see

the flowering of some seed planted in the past. I see

also those that have lost their way by making a career

out of selling spiritual insight.

 

Seeing these two sides the temptation to judge arises

so this effort has to be turned back to my own small

world and establish a rule that faithfully reflects

the freely given insights.

 

This site flowers because so much is freely given and

what is written will thrive and flower for a long time

ahead so thank you all for your words. Long may they

sparkle in cyber-space

 

Ken Knight

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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