--- sparaig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- In [email protected], Vaj > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Jun 25, 2005, at 10:02 PM, jim_flanegin wrote: > > > > > --- In [email protected], Vaj > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> > > >> On Jun 25, 2005, at 8:20 PM, sparaig wrote: > > >> > > >>> --- In [email protected], Vaj > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > >>>> > > >>>> On Jun 25, 2005, at 4:06 PM, jim_flanegin > wrote: > > >>>> > > >>>>> Vaj, reading over your words, you make TM > sound so difficult, > > >>>>> arduous even, if done correctly. I initially > understood it to > > > be a > > >>>>> stress release technique, and still do it as > such. I had a job > > >>>>> recently where I awakened at 4:30am for a 60 > mile commute. I > > > was > > >>>>> always exhausted on my return each day and > religiously fell > > > asleep > > >>>>> during every evening meditation. > > >>>> > > >>>> Wasn't talking about TM but about a similar > meditation practice > > > that > > >>>> goes about 5 stages beyond TM-style > meditation. > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> Ah, I see. So in its beginning stages, its > easy, but in the more > > >>> advanced stages, it gets difficult? > > >> > > >> Not quite that simple :-) In the final stages > it is possible to > > >> "transcend" for four hours at a time, > effortlessly. One sits > down, > > >> decides how long they will meditate and > finishes when they intend > > > to. > > > > > > sounds very blissful, more so than I can > possibly imagine. But why > > > would you want to do that? What is the > motivation, the benefit? > That > > > I don't get. > > > > Once one finally attains this there is rather > dramatic shift in the > > nervous system. Physical bliss and mental bliss do > arise, but once > that > > rapture fades then total stability can arise. Even > befor ethis > though > > one will have attained taming and pacification of > the mind, this > has a > > great benefit to the environment, as Patanjali > notes. We talked > about > > this before when we talked about Thurman's _Inner > Revolution_. > > > > A noticeable benefit will be that entire complexes > of negative > thought > > and destructive emotion are simply gone. The > emotional afflictions > will > > begin to dissolve. Meditation on the Clear light > becomes much > easier. > > There would be a long list of benefits if you > wanted to list such > > things but really gaining the ability to pacify > and tame the minds > of > > others is probably the finest thing. > > Which ability you show quite amply. Pow! Body blow! > > > > > 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] > > > > > ____________________________________________________ Yahoo! Sports Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football http://football.fantasysports.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/
