--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <LEnglish5@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajradhatu@> wrote: <snip> > > One POV worth considering is that since TM does not > > generally oppose the mantra changing in sound or quality > > or speed, etc., ones mantra could change and they would > > not remember the "original" sound they were given, but > > the morphed version. I know mine morphed so that I had > > to be re-told it on checking several times... > > As much as anythign else I suspect that that was a nod to > your anxiety, rather than an essential part of checking...
He seems to think that it's a routine part of checking for the meditator to tell the checker his/her mantra, whereupon the checker corrects it if necessary. Not the case. Any TMer who's ever been checked would know this; any TM teacher (or anyone who has taken checker training) would know this. Even if the meditator *asks* to have the mantra checked, it's extremely unlikely the checker would "nod to his anxiety." The checking procedure is formulated so as to *disallow* checking of the mantra (see point 23E of the checking notes). The checking procedure is designed to make the meditator comfortable with using whatever s/he remembers, "morphed" or otherwise. It's not impossible that if the meditator made a huge fuss, his/her initiator might be brought in to check his/her mantra, but the checker would stand on his/her head to avoid it by simply going through the regular checking procedure loops as many times as necessary in the hope that the meditator says the hell with it. The whole idea is to discourage any anxiety the meditator may have about correct pronunciation.
