--- In [email protected], "Rick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], Peter Sutphen > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > --- Rick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > --- In [email protected], Vaj > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > On Jun 9, 2005, at 11:22 AM, Rick wrote: > > > > > > > > > Are you saying that this directly addresses > > > Transcendental > > > Meditation? > > > > > > > > All forms of meditation which work at transcending > > > thought, not just > > > > TM�. > > > > > > I agree, forms of meditation that work at > > > transcending thought by > > > their very nature bind one to thought. > > > > Can you say more about this? I don't understand. > , > > It just goes to the basic TM premise that it is an effortless > process. Contrary to how some feel, I personally feel that my TM > practice is effortless and that I have no goal while engaged in it. > Any meditation that has some thought of what should be happening, > such as "clear your mind of thoughts", is bound to thought no matter > how subtle the thought. This includes TM if it is done with a goal > in mind. Transcending the intellect can occur by accident under many > conditions and through many practices but consistency is effective. > > I think the key word is "work"; "forms of meditation that work at > transcending thought by their very nature bind one to thought". >
Sounds right to me, but I'm biased, unlike most on this forum... [irony lert...] > Rick Carlstrom 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/
