--- In [email protected], "Robert" <babajii...@...> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > > > It just occurred to me (tangentially) that part > > > of the confusion between TM and other mantra > > > meditation techniques has to do with the erroneous > > > equation of these two principles: > > > > > > --It's better to go back to the mantra if > > > you realize you're thinking something > > > other than the mantra. > > > > > > --It's better to be thinking the mantra > > > than thinking something other than the > > > mantra. > > > > > > These are seemingly almost identical statements, > > > but the distinction is crucial. In the case of TM, > > > the first applies, but not the second. > > > > > > But in both cases there is the quality > > of "better." > > > > Pursuing that "better" by coming back > > to the mantra involves intention. > > > > And it involves it whether you believe > > statement #1 or statement #2. If you > > did not believe in that "better," there > > would be no reason to come back to the > > mantra. But you DO believe it, so you > > have the intention to come back to it. > > > > Thank you, Judy, for having made the > > case for TM being intentional. > > > The case for intentionality is well made... > What is ever done which is not from intention? > Intention is the seed of manifestation. > So, yes, we intend to sit and meditate or how else could you sit and meditate. > You intend to get something to eat; how else would you get something to eat. > The whole nature of TM and the TM-Sidhis, is to refine intention. > As intention is refined we begin to be aware of subltety... > And the more subtle the observation, the more truth will be contained there, > because it is close to the source. > We are all longing for and striving toward being connected to 'Source > Energy', our true nature... > That's all it is, no matter how complicated you wish to make it, the simpler > the better. > R.G. >
Its the pink elephant of hte mind. Don't ever think of it: make it the least desired element in your mind--the same as making it the most desired element, or almost least desired or almost most desired. It's a fine balance of intent and not-intent, of desire and not-desire, of effort and not effort. No effort, intent or desire is REQUIRED.... But to worry about having none at all is silly as well. L.
