--- sparaig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- In [email protected], Peter Sutphen > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > --- TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > snip > > > > > > It's a different paradigm, Jim. In other > > > traditions, > > > there is NOT the TM idea that thoughts in > meditation > > > are valuable and an indication that "something > good > > > is happening," and that stress is being > released. > > > > > > In fact, the paradigm is completely the > opposite, > > > that > > > thoughts in meditation are an indication that > the > > > practitioner is simply being lazy, and has not > > > learned > > > to focus his or her attention. In such a > tradition, > > > the more time spent in samadhi, the better. > > > > On the first part of my TTC which was being run by > Al > > Burns (?) he mentioned, in another context, about > MMY > > "coming up with" his "theory" of stress release. I > > remember feeling completly unsettled because I had > > just assumed that MMY's explanation was some sort > of > > ancient explaination that was commonly understood > by > > all spiritual practioners. > > Does this invalidate either theory or practice or > both? No, not at all. But it revealed to me how much I was seeking for intellectual certainty when apparently there was none. I see it as our innocent, pure intent for "enlightenment" (because we really don't know what we are seeking for in waking state) that organizes our spiritual path. > > > > > 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 > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com 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/
