--- In [email protected], Vaj <vajradh...@...> wrote: > > I've learned a lot of variations on mantra concentration over the > years, from the TM "charm causes the mind to spontaneously > concentrate" idea to many other kinds. One of the problems I noticed > with very "slack" techniques like TM is that you can lose clarity if > you get used to allowing the mantra to be just this fuzzy "impulse". > It's too easy to fall into the defects (of mantra practice). It seems > to me the dogmas that surround TM mantra recitation has actually > hindered the practice. >
What a load of crap. The only thing that hinders TM practice is effort. TM is not "mantra recitation." Recitation implies effort. Checking establishes effortless practice. Seems to me your defective dogma has hindered your understanding of TM. > Conversely, finding a relaxed balance between too much attention and > not enough attention--and then continuously repeating mantra for a > half hour or so without losing attention of your repetition is quite > different. You can tell if you're losing focus because you start to > screw up on your repetition. You'll get the same changes in the > mantra, but awareness is much quicker to respond. The advantage is, > you get results from the mantra much quicker and your attentional > skills get honed very finely. > So Vaj, when you lose focus and screw up on repetition, here's what you do: Whack yourself upside the head with a soft-shoe and remember that soft-shoe kabuki dance you're performing here has exposed you as nothing more than a jack of all meditations and master of none.
