--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [...] > ok, my question to Vaj had more to do with questioning the practical > benefit of sitting as you say in samadhi for however long. I > understand the differences and benefits of both types of meditation > and practice them. I just wanted to see if Vaj derived any practical > benefit from no thoughts meditation. (He does, and gave a great > answer) > > I agree that the way thoughts are treated in either type of > moditation is different, though to say the blank mind meditation is > more admirable or preferable to mantra meditation is like saying I > find apples more admirable than oranges, which doesn't make much > sense to me. > > One thing I've always appreciated with TM is the transcendental > surprises it offers from time to time. In other words my mind > expands with it in unpredictable ways, and I like that. To each > their own though. Its all one brand of toothpaste or the other to me.
Personally, I question that this is samadhi in the first place, but partly that's because I've accepted MMY's model of samadhi-as-rest. How does one know that one is "in" samadhi? 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/
