--- In [email protected], Vaj <vajradh...@...> wrote: > > > On Mar 28, 2009, at 5:24 PM, curtisdeltablues wrote: > > >>> This principle doesn't hold up all the way through the advanced > >>> techniques or the defunct Chopra technique. But in any case I've > >>> not met any TMer who could rightfully claim the kind of exposure > >>> to different meditaitons that would make this claim valid and that > >>> criticism goes doubly for Maharishi who according to his own > >>> reports was a company man. But was have a few people here who > >>> seem to have gone further and found out that it was not a unique > >>> contribution. > >> > >> Huh. I've taken chopra's primoridal sound technique and several > >> advanced techniques > >> > >> about 4-5 of them, I think > >> > >> > >> We seem to have different ideas about how things work. > >> > >> > >> Lawson. > > > > At one stage you are directing the mantra. This is not like any > > other thought. That was my point. > > > > I know all of these advanced techniques are on the web but I don't > > like to piss people off unnecessarily by being more specific. I > > remember how people into it feel about their secrets. But I hope > > you get my point from that. > > > Really, in terms of the technical description of how TM is practiced > in the initial technique--it's not truly like 'any other thought', as > one is enjoined to maintain mindfulness (or smriti to use the actual > technical term) both as the mantra first arises (waiting or > "monitoring" for the mantra to "appear") and one must be mindful to > return to the mantra--otherwise one would potentially end up never > returning to the mantra, but remain distracted for the entire session! > This is not like any other thought. The level of mantra repetition > where mantra continues continuously like a spontaneous thought > actually is ajapa-japa: no effort or smriti, just constant ongoing > awareness of mantra 24/7/365. > > Technically the style of mantra repetition where one has to return to > the mantra still is called "faulty" or "defective" in Sanskrit since > one has to constantly re-engage the mantra as it is lost. It's one of > the lower levels of mantra practice. >
We seem to have different ideas about how things work. Lawson
