--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <LEnglish5@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajradhatu@> wrote: > > > > > > On Jul 18, 2012, at 11:41 AM, sparaig wrote: > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajradhatu@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > On Jul 18, 2012, at 11:30 AM, sparaig wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > You misunderstand the essence of TM. THere is absolutely > > > > > > no *mandate* to return to the mantra. You only return to > > > > > > the mantra ***IF*** you notice that you are not thinking > > > > > > it. > > > > > > > > > > I believe this is a fundamental misunderstanding of TM > > > > > practice - and part and parcel of the > > > > > 'institutionalization of effortlessness', which is really > > > > > an inculcated fear of balanced attention. > > > > > > > > Sigh, teach your own technique to your friends, and not try to > > > > analyze TM, thanks for playing. > > > > > > I'm merely being a realist: if you're lost in distraction (i.e. > > > vyutthAna, the" outward stroke") then you're not transcending. > > > If you're not transcending, then you're meditation is not > > > transcendental. > > > > > > Therefore, you should not call it Transcendental Meditation. > > > > > > How 'bout "Lawson's Transcendental Meditation"? Outward Stroke > > > Meditation? ;-) > > > > The point of TM isn't to transcend. > > > > THe point of TM is to transcend and then to NOT-transcend. > > > > Again, you show a fundamental lack of understanding. > > And he's been told this by several (I've lost count, it's > somewhere between five and eight) TM teachers and former > TM teachers, right here on FFL.
Where's the checking notes when you need them, like Duh! Isn't it there in black and white?
