--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, johnlasher20002000 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have never been clear about the difference between samyama and TM > meditation. (I know the difference as per tm-sidhis instructions, but > in general) > > In samyama there is concentration (effortlessly thinking the mantra in > TM) meditation going beyond thought and samdhi. Why is practicing TM > not really doing samyama where the object is the mantra (disregarding > the definite picking up the sutra every 15 sec which is done in some > other forms of meditation with a mantra.) There are two major differences. The first is that the attention is more in samyama. There is a definate attention to the sutra and then the specifically letting it go. There is intent to pick it up, unlike meditation where your mind should "effortlessly" come back to the mantra. This intent to pick it up and let it go systmatically coupled with the quality of the sutra is supposed to create the affect mentioned in Patnajali. Didn't you feel really tired during Gov training? I know our whole group did. This fatigue showed up when we learned the sutras. I think it is an excerise for the mind to learn to think (specifically-ie sutra) in subtle areas of the mind. Having attention at more subtle levels of the mind after being accustomed to transcending takes some effort. We first learned to transcend and then after rolling around in it we had to learn to actually function and be active on that level. We were given the traditional excercise to practice, Patanjali.
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