--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "kjdruhl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > <snip> > > TM is based on the release of spiritual power. If it would be just > > matter of keeping the mind restful and alert, why the instruction > > to come immediately back to the mantra, once there is awareness of > > no mantra no thought? > > Just for the record, that isn't the instruction-- > couldn't be. The instruction to return to the > mantra comes into play once thought has *returned* > after an episode of no thoughts/no mantra, or when > one becomes aware that what one has been thinking > was not the mantra. Neither of those situations is > restful alertness per se. > > Restful alertness (no thoughts/no mantra) lasts as > long as it lasts. In the context of TM practice, > there's no way to "keep" the mind in that state--nor > any way to "get there" either, other than by > following the instructions and taking it as it comes. > > But perhaps you just miswrote...
He was twisting - he knows that is not the instruction. There are plenty of Christian monks who see no conflict with the teachings of Christ. JohnY ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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 <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
