--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "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. > > You're obsessing about proper pronounciation of the mantra, IMNSHO.
Or my TM instructor did that? As I recall him saying in Finnish, after I tried to repeat the mantra after him: "Siina (There, in it) on (is) geen -tapainen (a g-like [as in 'get']) aanne (sound) lopussa (in [at?] the end)". ------------------------ 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/
