--- In [email protected], Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > bob_brigante wrote: > >> The bizarre thing is many other meditation techniques don't have > >> > > side > > > >> effects like is seen in TM. > >> > > > > ******** > > > > The reason why people unstress with TM is because that is a feature, > > not a defect. By exposing impure nervous systems to unbounded > > awareness/bliss, the nervous system starts to throw off all the twists > > and turns that stress has deposited there. When the mind/n.s. is free > > of such twists, 24/7 access to bliss consciousness is available to that > > transparent mind. > > > > Most meditation techniques only serve to make the mind more dull -- > > sort of an upscale alcohol relief effect -- so it's no wonder that they > > don't have a worthwhile effect, much less a "side effect" like > > unstressing. > Most meditation techniques are like the TM advanced technique except > they have the full mantra and are for another "deity" which provides a > different and positive effect and certainly not dullness and stress is > also dissolved. Let's not "spin doctor" with such ignorant bullshit > from the MarshyBots. >
Well, I run into plenty of people who claim that meditation xyz is "just like TM" but USUALY I found it is because they don't understand TM (or perhaps their own meditation tradition for that matter, come to think of it). Do you agree with Barry's claim that TM can adequately be described by "thinking some magic words" to yourself? Lawson
