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The Bhagavad GitaQ: I still like Yogananda . . . because I find his Gita commentary flawless (except for the parts where he talks about his master and grand-dad master back to Babaji).
Since you don't ask for my estimate of it, I will refrain from saying it here and now
at least.
I think it has many words in it, and that most of them are repeated many times - like
'and', 'with', 'in' and further . . . Tony Buzan, in his book Using your Memory, points out that just 100 words comprise 50% of all words used in conversation in a language. [List link] "It's only words Q: About Yogananda's Bhagavad Gita: he apparently wrote the first half based on Lahiri's commentaries almost verbatim.
I noted similarities in perusing a part of the book, but also that one personage
was interpreted differently by Yogananda, as if
it matters.
"However much he errs I still like his writing". What is that? What are you trying to
communicate here? What should it tell you? (Good questions)
Books! Deep rivers move with silent majesty; shallow brooks are noisy. (American proverb)Q: I have seen every type of kriya yoga that exists.
You THINK you do, but I know one more variant, or a kriya yoga relative. "It is better to be safe than sorry" is no bad motto in general. Q: My days of searching are now over.
"When in doubt, win the trick," is a famous saying by Edmond Hoyle. If searching does
not appeal to you, maximise the benefits of that too. That could lead to winning the
"no search trick", as far as I am aware of.
When all else drops off, the Self (your inmost self) remains, Shyama Lahiri say.
There are so many carpenters and masters, and so much is unknown to most men and women.
There are differences among masters, many and big differences. Hindu teachings estimate
that most masters are fake or inferior. They also say it is "undoubtedly very hard to
find" one of the finest masters. "It ain't over till the fat lady sings." (Modern proverb from the opera). Q: I don't know whether I should keep my books or not. It is a personal decision. Reflection insures safety, but rashness is followed by regrets. (American proverb) Being religiousQ: Can you please explain to me how people can anesthetise themselves?
Very bad conformity does it to many. Shared vanity also does much.
I make a distinction between religious and spiritual.
I am not particularly interested in that. In deep meditation much energy is - for most
part temporarily - "withdrawn from the body", as during dozing off. It comes by itself
as a "fruit" of going inside.
By activating prana currents and making the organism ready
for going inside and reap benefits from the calm period(s) right after the kriya "slow, measured panting". And such calm is to be
developed in prolonged meditation too. That's about the essence of it. Kriya yoga may be fine, but a Gate is needed too. That is in the teachings.
Sense-withdrawal is just the "first step" in the training, yet a sine que non
(without which, none). See that you do not get burn to your harm through those methods, though.
Not only lies, but unfair ruling techniques are found in fairly many cultish
circles too. They make old followers subservient, and not good old lions.
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