--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], cardemaister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "Kenny H" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > To my knowledge Dr. Herbert Benson never learned TM, he > steadfastly > > > refused to learn claiming he would no longer be objective about > it. > > > Keith Wallace hounded him to start, I heard Maharishi hound him > > > relentlessly one night and he would not budge. > > > > > > Though you may be biased towards TM what do you say about the fact > > > that he has measured the same physiological changes with > meditators > > > self-choosiing words such as "one", "rose", "love" etc. > > > > > > Maharishi, in his Beacon Light of the Himalayas, said you can > > > transcend on any sound. > > > > > > > But it may take much more time. I just noticed, once again that > > if I pay attention to the phonetic detail of my mantra that > > my TM instructor emphasized, I seem to transcend more quickly > > and "effectively", despite that obviously being slightly "anti- TM". > > But is transcending during TM the "goal" of TM?
Dunno, but this morning about 5.30 I once again started laughing during TM, which usually happens only when I meditate with other people in the same room. (Always reminds me of a herabouts saying that sez, amongst another thing, paraphrasing, that a kid who laughs for nothing never becomes a man. But I gather it's funny to be in one point, so to speak, because I have no idea why I'm laughing. Anyhow, I wouldn't characterize my laughing at that time by any means hysterical, or stuff.) I think the last sound of my mantra is the one that causes the /ekaagrataa-pariNaama/ of /citta/ (one-pointedness- transformation). That's why it's a bit puzzling for me, why some TM biijas seem to have a vowel as their last sound, and not the "infamous" candra-bindu. Perhaps they are just somewhat misspelled on Genaprarg (ROT-13) and elsewhere. ------------------------ 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/
