> I believe the time for secrets is past Yogani gives us the lot > without frills. There will always be a tiny minority who manage to > harm themselves doing advanced practices but they are tiny.
Hi Richard, yes and also the idea, that receiving the instructions from the guru protected you conclusively from harm, is mythical. One can find on the internet testimonials of nasty experiences while in a guru-disciple situation.
> The advantage people who live in the modern world have is that they > have become to a certain extent desensitised i.e. strange sensations > or even horrific visions are not going to send them off the rails > they see enough in the daily news and the effects in modern movies > which would have been enough to drive one of the ancients insane.
A very interesting idea. I had never before heard any positive spin on our desensitization due to media exposure. Very, very interesting. The idea certainly makes sense.
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