--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], off_world_beings > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > <<<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. For me, it's more > > than admirable, and preferable. If I'm gonna meditate, > > I'd rather spend most if not all of my time in meditation > > in the transcendent. > > > > Unc>>> > > > > > > Question? > > Did you learn TM before the concentration technique, thus already > > your mind was used to transcendding, or did you learn the > > concentration technique before TM, which in turn may have > > muddled your experience of transcending in TM? > > Question: who ya askin' this question of? :-) > > If me, I learned concentration techniques first, trans- > cended using them, then learned TM, transcended using > it, then learned other concentration techniques, and > transcended using them. I've also transcended after > tasting a great wine and while having sex, so you > should probably throw that into the "muddle" as well. :-) > > Unc
And I transcended once whilst standing on my my hands riding a bicycle, eating candy floss, singing Monty Python's "always look on the bright side of life". And then I hit a bump. 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/
