--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Hagen J. Holtz"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> R.G., now I get your point. You think the effect of a mantra, - and
that could be any suitable word -, to which you feel a special
inclination, would be good enough to come closer to God.
> This seems to me to be only a romantic idea based on the assumption
that transcending was only a question of comfort, confidence
and "good vibrations". But this theory is too simple in order to give
justice to the vedic approach. Here the criteria for transcending are
based on spota, the science about ideal grammar of (or) form.
Example: The word table, in German "Tisch" and in Latin tabula may
have the same meaning but different forms. Spota will teach the
criteria for choosing the ideal form, which allows only one sound
associatable with one particular meaning. The well-meant idea that
any "good sound" or "good meaning", associated with God, would be
good enough to create the same result like TM will definitely lead to
a dead end. Therefore telling a school-class, that they could take
anything that comforts them in order to avoid confrontation
with "Indian culture" is as stupid as saying, "if you do not like
Einstein's theory about relativity, because it is jewish, then take
any other theory out of your cultural vicinity, which comes closest
to his thoughts". :-)))
>
> Hagen
>
Without passion and some kind of romance, life is not worth much, or
not experienced as joyful...
Especially if you're not particulary interested in math, and can
mathematically understand the mathmantics of Eistein's Theory of
Relativity, or any of the Quantum Mechanical equations...
So, different strokes for different folks...
I was attempting to describe the value of the mantra, as a means of
transportation, and the technique for using the mantra, which
Maharishi has described quite adequately for us...
Whatever you focus on, that will manifest in your life.
And whatever your intention in, that will manifest in your life.
Mantras are what they are, vibrations of life-supporting qualities,
Which we use in Transcendental Meditation.
