--- In [email protected], zarzari_786 <no_reply@...> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "Buck" <dhamiltony2k5@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "whynotnow7" <whynotnow7@> wrote: > > > > > > I am not a TMer, but my impression is that the course is conducted in a > > > group as was shown, and various parts of the physiology of the model are > > > simply pulsed on and off, to the sounds of the Veda. Rather than being > > > something up in the mind, the participants are probably instructed to > > > simply place their attention on the blinking body part, which is > > > synchronized to the particular Vedic hymn being played at the time. This > > > then promotes healing or at least waking up that particular area of the > > > body by the attendee's own attention, enlivened by the Vedic vibrations. > > > > > > > Whynot, Yep, you got it. It is very Buddhistic like in practice. The > > teachers introduce it telling how to use the 'attention' then turn on the > > gizmo that conducts the meditation. > > Then you keep eyes open? On the video it says: visualizing Brahm, that's > another new element. > > >Also they may play a Maharishi or Tony tape. People are there > >experientially for the technique. The point is to sit through the guided > >meditation. It is a type of samyama when you get the hang of it. That is > >my experience being there. > > > > Best Regards, > > -Buck in FF
I was thinking that they would be playing the part of the Veda Tony imagines relates to that part of the body while the audience sits in the group trance after a meditation listening to the Vedic drone. If they had pacifiers and glow rings we could call it a rave. The A of E and Chopra technique is a real departure from Maharishi's usual schtick. Can you imagine the initiator's answer to any question from another system that described this practice? It would get labeled superficial moodmaking before they were done describing it. I was thinking that the brain doesn't have sensation receptors and our internal organs have very few. The whole thing is another imaginarium exercise carefully couched in lawyer generated language to imply but not make direct health claims. But back in the day it would have worked for me. Everything "worked" for me. That is the nature of being really good at maintaining trance states. In mixed martial arts the term "worked" for a match means that it was fake with a predetermined outcome, think professional wrestling. The larger issue is that imagining healing is a long way from actual healing and $85 is still too much for a placebo that could be accomplished with a 2 cent sugar pill or a capsule of magic Vedic leper dust. (Do NOT open those capsules and pour it into your eggnog instead of nutmeg. There is not enough Christmas punch in the world to take the funk off of that part zombie part funeral pyre ash flavor no matter how magically healthful they are for your imaginary dosha imbalance. Basically they are taking Tony's SCI integration metaphor literally as if any of our MIU course connections between one discipline and another was not just a metaphor but was a cognition of how things actually are, really really. But if viewed as a normal to low ticket price for a headline music act, and knowing how much fun this will be for all those who it "works" for, the $85 is probably well worth it for the ride. I would have considered it a bargain at any price. I have to admit to feeling happy that they are still generating new material for us. My hope is that they ramp this up and can evolve beyond this 60's technology (doesn't it remind you of that vibration football game or electronic Battleship?) and get into some video game technology. Or better yet, something for my Wii cuz then at least I will get the health benefit of getting up off my ass. I wish that posting on FFL had a Wii connection, don't you? Maybe I should be using voice recognition software while bouncing on a mini tramp! Now I know what to put in that little note I'm gunna burn in the fire place with the smoke wafting all the way to the North Pole. Where Raja Ram lives dressed in silk and imagining more imaginarium gifts for his movement children while serving up an actual X-Box 360 WITH connect for his real kids. > > >
