Exactly Rick. Which is not what some mantra works suggest. That is what I think 
is interesting. If these mantras are the 'sonic representations' of the deity, 
one would think they should be spoken, or thought inside, clearly and 
correctly. If that is so, then what are we to make of our TM way of not 
thinking it but faintly? What did MMY think of these mantras? Are they 
symbolic, or merely tools to allow us to go inside?  
Cheers
Bill

From: Rick Archer <r...@searchsummit.com>
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From:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On 
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Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 11:48 AM
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: How to pronounce the mantras
 
  
Hi Rob. What I found interesting in the pronunciation was simply this: books on 
mantra meditation that I have state very emphatically that the mantra must be 
pronounced absolutely clearly and correctly. I assume because they believe that 
the mantra is some sort of sonic representation, if not sonic manifestation, of 
the deity. Yet in TM we are told the mantra might will change as we use it. And 
the mantra should ideally be a faint thought--not something clear and strong in 
our minds.This was part of my interest in this varient ways of saying the 
mantras.
 
The TM instructions explicit advise NOT trying to think or pronounce the mantra 
clearly: “Mental repetition is not a clear pronunciation; just a faint idea.”
 

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