Here is what Maharishi had to say in Beacon Light of the Himalayas (google that title and you can find the whole thing pretty quickly) regarding the use of any sound during meditation:
" For training the mind through sound we can take any word. Even the word "mike" can be taken. By reducing the sound of the word "mike" to its subtler and still subtler stages and allowing the mind to go on experiencing all the stages one by one, the mind can be trained to be so sharp as to enter into the subtlest stage of the sound 'mike', transcend ing which it will automatically get into the realm of Sat-Chidanandam and experience it. Thus we find that any sound can serve our purpose of training the mind to become sharp. But we do not select the sound at random, We do not select any sound like 'mike', flower table, pen, wail, etc, because such ordinary sounds can do nothing more than merely sharpening the mind; whereas there are some special sounds which have the additional efficacy of producing vibrations whose effects are found to be congenial to our way of life. This is the scientific reason why we do not select any word at random. For our practice, we select only the suitable mantras of personal Gods. Such mantras fetch to us the grace of personal Gods and make us happier in every walk of life." --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > on 8/12/05 9:41 PM, hyperbolicgeometry at [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > > > > > I found it interesting that Benson borrowed an important > concept from > > > TM (since he was initiated into it long ago): > > > > To my knowledge he never got initiated. I drove him from Harvard > > down to Yale and back one time during the days when the TMO was > > using him as a spokesman. He felt that getting initiated would > > compromise his objectivity. > > Wonder whether it had occurred to him by that time > that if he didn't learn TM, he would have fewer > scruples about writing a best-selling book ripping > off (what he thought was) the technique, calling it > Herbert Benson's Relaxation Response and claiming it > was just as good as TM, making big bucks, and > becoming world-famous. ------------------------ 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/
