--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "jyouells2000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- 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. > > Really? Unfortunate if he feels the need to do that. > Perplexing as well, in the context of what appears to > be his absolute certainty about the rightness of his > current path. > > > There are plenty of Christian monks who see no conflict with the > > teachings of Christ. > > Kai may not consider them to be Christians, so that > might not carry much weight with him.
Not much can be said about not considering them Christians. Many of them have studied deeply. I'm not interested in a theological debate with Kai - good luck to him, and I'm sure if God has a problem with me, we can work it out. 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/
