Here is what Bhairitu wrote in post #154739: "So true and you see what happens if you tell some of the folks here that the TM methods are nothing new. I actually enjoyed looking up stuff back in the 70's when I was a teacher to confirm I was teaching some stuff that was somewhat traditional (outside on the no OM thing and the single use of bij mantras). Of course I never mentioned that outside of a circle of teacher friends that did the same thing often recommending certain books. Even if I pointed to page 239-240 in "Mind Mysteries" which was published by Swami Sivananda way before MMY even joined the Shankaracharya these people would say it is not the same thing as TM though in concept it certainly is."
First of all, there doesn't seem to be a book called "Mind Mysteries" by Swami Sivananda but a book by him called "Mind: it's mysteries and controll". Be that as it may, on pp 239-240 of that book there is, indeed, an explanation of what Sivananda describes as the ideal kind of meditation. AND IT IS THE FARTHEST THING POSSIBLE FROM WHAT THE TM TECHNIQUE IS! Just like that bullshit artist Barry Wright who claimed without substantiation that other teachers taught what MMY was teaching, Bhairitu's claim above that "the TM methods is nothing new" is completely unfounded. Sivananda describes a form of meditation that sounds to me to be about 180 degrees different from TM. Indeed, I question whether Bhairitu ever even did TM, as taught by MMY if he thinks TM is anything like what is described here. Check it out for yourself. Click on the following URL and then read pp 239 and 240: http://tinyurl.com/ypamm9 And, by the way, Bhairitu, if I have the wrong book, please transcribe for us pp 239-240 of the RIGHT book...and if I'm wrong, I will apologise to you and stand corrected...
