--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > <snip> > > Having practiced both styles of meditation, I can > > attest to the fact that using certain styles of focused > > or concentrative meditation, one can pretty much enter > > samadhi at will and have it last for twenty minutes, > > an hour, or several hours, with no thoughts present. > > For the dyed-in-the-wool TMer, convinced that the > > absence of thoughts indicates an absence of "progress," > > this might not be an admirable thing. > > Wow, I never heard that the absence of thoughts > in TM indicates an absence of "progress." Is > that something MMY says that I've somehow managed > to miss?
The dogma asserts that rest leads to repair-activity with associated thoughts. Samadhi is held to be the deepest rest, leading to the mostprofound repairs, and eventually the most "interesting" thoughts... He knows that, but likes to twist things for rhetoric's sake or simply forgot in this case. 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/
