The TMO stopped using metabolic rate as a measure of rest during TM ages ago...
--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What about the tummo meditators that use considerable effort in their > meditation but have 4 times lowers metabolic rate than TM? > > It's a mistake to try to compare different types of meditation by the > same criteria used for TM, unless you happen to be comparing to other > forms of mantra yoga... Different types of meditation work > differently. > > > On May 20, 2005, at 11:28 AM, Robert Gimbel wrote: > > > I feel that we are all in the process of learning effortlessness, and > > the importance of intention on the path to realization. > > The more we transcend and experience pure consciousness, presence as > > Eckhart Tolle, likes to call it, the more effortless our life becomes. > > It is only the egoic part of our mind, that think it needs to make > > effort. When we transcend the ego mind, and experience the universal > > mind, then effort becomes a meaningless concept. Does, this make sense. > > By the way, the ego, or mind can never understand this concept, which > > is why enlightenment is a state of consciousness and not a nice story > > for the mind to contemplate. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
