--- In [email protected], "Rick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It has actually taken me a long time to understand how to let TM
> occur in an effortless manner. Any kind of modification of the
> mindstuff initiated by the "doer" requires effort. When thoughts
are
> no longer present yet awareness remains then that is transcendental
> consciousness, and that is effortless. No matter what practice was
> occuring beforehand.
>
> You are confusing the TM claim of effortless with the attendant
> instructions. Initiating the sounding of the mantra by the mind is
> an effort that when allowed to fall away leaves an effortless state.
>
> MMY clearly states in the SBAL that all the traditional techniques
> that lead to transcendental consciousness are valid, only most are
> impractical for the majority of people existing on earth.
>
> Rick Carlstrom
>
The other paths to transcendence that MMY talks about in the SBAL
("Paths to God Realization," ~p.274) are not techniques (with the
exception of the physiological techniques path), but paths (like the
paths of intellect or of emotion), and, as you note, since the
majority of people on earth cannot follow the path of intellect or
whatever because of low levels of intellect or the demands of
householder life), that leaves the mechanical technique of TM as the
only practical way for people to gain higher states of awareness.
TM is natural, which means, that, like sleep, it is conducted by
nature. When we go to sleep, we create certain pre-conditions, a bed
in a quiet place, etc. and lie down, but the process of sleep is
natural, and so is TM, altho obviously, there are certain steps we
take which involve some slight effort to allow nature to take over
the process.
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