On Jul 16, 2011, at 11:38 PM, raunchydog wrote: > Checking doesn't mean checking the mantra. The purpose of checking is to give > the right *experience* of meditation, which is effortless meditation. Other > than point 23E, the only time an initiator explicitly checks the > pronunciation of a mantra is individually with new meditators after the third > night of checking. The wording in Maharishi's checking notes is brilliant and > in this instance very delicate so as not to make a big deal out of it or risk > disturbing the innocence and naturalness of meditation: > > "And you remember your mantra?" [Assumes everything is AOK, but whether yes > or no, it doesn't matter.] "Whisper softly what you feel it is." [This is so > cool. You engage his "quiet feeling" not his noisy intellect by saying, "What > do you *think* it is?"] If the mantra was wrong, you just reassure him it is > all right now. Anything that creates doubt and confusion about meditation or > pronunciation of the mantra is the antithesis of the checking procedure and > effortless meditation.
What would be even cooler would be if someone whispered "ka-ching!" or something similar as their mantra. :) And then just waited to see what the checker would do. Sal
