--- In [email protected], "curtisdeltablues" <curtisdeltabl...@...> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <LEnglish5@> wrote: > > > By the time you are intending that the mantra comes from a body part in > > > an advanced technique, this discussion breaks down. > > > > None of the advanced techniques (5 of them) I was taught are taught that > > way. > > > > I can see why you might misremember that they were, but that is YOUR problem > > > > Get checked. > > Interesting choice of responses Lawson. You decided to go with the > assumption that I am unfamiliar with my own TM practice or don't have more > than 5 advanced techniques. > > Personally I would have gone with "I didn't get that technique so I don't > know anything about it" myself. But that's just me. Of course then you would > miss an opportunity to be pugnaciously grumpy in your response, so I can > understand why you didn't go that way. > > Of course like all true sciences, in Vedic science all these techniques are > shrouded in secrecy and we are instructed not to talk about them because > sciences always try to have as little transparency as possible and it is fond > of swearing people to secrecy so the techniques of the science can't be > discussed openly to further our understanding. > I have about 5 ATs and none of them involve thinking the mantra from a body part. I'm not including A of E technique which involves attention on the body but not with the mantra or Primordial Sound which does involve thinking mantra from the heart.
> > > --- In [email protected], "curtisdeltablues" > > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <LEnglish5@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > And "effort" is certainly misleading because even "intent" is too harsh > > > > a word. > > > > > > > > > > > > L. > > > > > > > > > By the time you are intending that the mantra comes from a body part in > > > an advanced technique, this discussion breaks down. > > > > None of the advanced techniques (5 of them) I was taught are taught that > > way. > > > > I can see why you might misremember that they were, but that is YOUR problem > > > > Get checked. > > > > As I said in my previous part, it seems pretty difficult for people to > > apply the kind of effort in meditation that Maharishi is making such a big > > deal about. I only encountered it very rarely in checking TM. But within > > that basic relaxation approach, there is also quite a bit of leeway as we > > know from the sidhi techniques or even the Age of Enlightenment technique. > > If you have ever hung out with people in a hypnosis classes, they can do an > > Age of E type of technique right off the bat with the same imagined > > results TMers report. It is unnatural for people to apply headache > > inducing effort with internal relaxation techniques. > > > > > > Er, yeah. > > > > > > lawson > > >
