That what it says in the checking notes of D.J. Wahl Ghoul. Apparently he can't keep his sources separate.
Still got a doubt that he never learned any of it? No wonder he won't give out the basic names of his initiator and his course(s). But I am impressed. Apparently Namkhai Norbu's webinars now give modified instructions in TM. It's just no longer the same old vajra-japa you seen in the Buddhist Tantras. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@...> wrote: > > --- 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. >
