--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > I'm just tired of the old TM rhetoric that claims > > that techniques of effortlessness are somehow "bad," > > and in opposition to techniques of concentration. > > Even Guru Dev knew better. He seems to have taught > > both. > > Sorry. Reverse that. TMers have a fetish (carefully > taught to them by Maharishi) that *concentration* > is "bad," and effortlessness is in opposition to it.
FWIW, I believe saMyama "includes" concentration (dhaaraNaa), without any expectation of the result (vibhuuti, siddhi), though... > > This is such spiritual kindergarten it never fails > to blow my mind. >
