--- In [email protected], "uns_tressor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It's really peculiar. MMY brings out a technique > > that, according to him, is his revival of an oral > > teaching that has been lost for many centuries, and > > folks demand to know its detailed history right > > down to the present. > > > > It's a little like asking Einstein who told him > > about the theory of relativity... > > > > (Not *exactly* like that, obviously, but the closest > > thing I can think of.) > > Pretty close, I reckon. At least, at once removed. > Did not Guru Dev spend 30 years in solitude in > a cave where he cognised the TM teaching method etc > etc etc from the absolute (like Einstein and his > theories); then he taught Maharishi.
My understanding is that MMY himself came up with TM. It isn't something that Guru Dev taught specifically, although presumably it's grounded in Guru Dev's teaching about the nature and mechanics of consciousness. The first volume of the Collected Papers, published back in 1975, contains an introductory essay written by Larry Domash (and almost certainly approved by MMY) that makes it pretty clear the TM technique is MMY's own "invention" (or revival, as the case may be). TM teacher James Cook posted the first half of the essay (it's very long) on alt.meditation.transcendental back in 1993. The essay was written primarily for scientists, who, it was hoped, would be perusing the TM research studies. It's really beautifully written and extremely clear, although you'll encounter a fair amount of typical TM hype as well. Here's the URL to the post: http://tinyurl.com/c3owb The whole essay is fascinating, especially the section headed "The Origin of the Transcendental Meditation Technique," but if you want to cut to the chase, search for the paragraph beginning "By the process of comparing..." ------------------------ 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/
