--- In [email protected], "kjdruhl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear friends, > > let me just answer to some of your points: [...] > 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?
Once you're aware of no-mantra, no-thought, you're no longer in that state, so the process starts once again... Why then is it so important to select the mantra > carefully? Why do these supposedly "meaningless" words have such > powerful influence? Because they're supposed to ahve some more subtle value than a random thought. HIndus explain this by talking about pleasing deities. Physiologists, assuming that such effects are ever documented, would explain it in more modern terms... No, let us realize that what Maharishi is > bringing out now is much closer to the truth than what is taught in > the intro lecture. Don't we all know that the true content of the > teaching is spoonfed, one little bit after the other, until you have > embraced spiritual concepts and practices that you would have never > entered into before. > > If you want to embrace them, fine. Make your choice in freedom. But > don't deceive yourself into thinking that the ideas you are basing > your eternal destiny on are self-evident, or that they are > compatible with the teachings of Christ. > > Sincerely > > Kai Thanks for your response, Kai. I still believe that you have lost something along the way, but no doubt you believe that I am lacking, so its all good (so to speak). ------------------------ 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/
