[FairfieldLife] TM and Morphogenic Fields

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"Morphogenetic Fields There is mounting evidence that as more and more people learn or do something it becomes easier for others to learn or do it. In one experiment, British biologist Rupert Sheldrake took three short, similar Japanese rhymes -- one a meaningless jumble of disconnected Japanese words, the second a newly-composed verse and the third a traditional rhyme known by millions of Japanese. Neither Sheldrake nor the English schoolchildren he got to memorize these verses knew which was which, nor did they know any Japanese. The most easily-learned rhyme turned out to be the one well-known to Japanese. This and other experiments led Sheldrake to postulate that there is a field of habitual patterns that links all people, which influences and is influenced by the habits of all people. This field contains (among other things) the pattern of that Japanese rhyme. The more people have a habit pattern -- whether of knowledge, perception or behavior -- the stronger it is in the field, and the more easily it replicates in a new person. In fact, it seems such fields exist for other entities too -- for birds, plants, even crystals. Sheldrake named these phenomena morphogenetic fields -- fields which influence the pattern or form of things."   http://www.co-intelligence.org/P-morphogeneticfields.html     So often TM Teachers are saying that newbies to TM have better initial experiences than before.    This concept is there in the Vajrayana as well, as it is expected that a person who receives wang, or initiation, also gets lung, or specific reading transmission of the practice.   I've personally noticed the phenomena when listening to music. Sometimes a song sounds weird until a friend plays it and then it just makes sense.   So my question in a TM context is this, if morphogenic fields relate to transcendence then are they related to the process of transcending (TM) or to the experience of transcendence itself (Turiya)?  Maybe to both? In which case all who try to transcend by any means will find it easier by virtue of anyone transcending? Or what? If the latter then all meditations will benefit actually by virtue of all others. 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  Visit your group "FairfieldLife" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.