--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajradhatu@...> wrote: > > On Jul 18, 2012, at 5:36 PM, cardemaister wrote: > > > > How 'bout "Lawson's Transcendental Meditation"? Outward Stroke > > > Meditation? ;-) > > > > Perhaps I misunderstand what you're trying to say, but > > that sounds as stupid as claiming that if you're not > > all the time during the night in deep sleep, you're not > > sleeping!? > > Lawson believes that being caught in thoughts - even for hours > (days?) at a time, lost in the outward stroke is still > considered "doing TM". He's rationalized that even quitting TM > is in effect just being on the outward stroke, and eventually > picking it up again, is just the other half of this magical > cycle that is The Miracle of starting TM. > > Of course, in response to me saying "doing TM", Lawson would > be automatically be required to respond "you can't "do" TM, > the doing in TM is "not doing". He might even throw in the > eff.. word.
Notice that Vaj does not respond to carde's point. Instead, we get two more paragraphs of bafflegab. > Nitya-samadhi, as mentioned in MMY's commentary on a third of > the gita is what I refer to. Temporary samadhi becomes > perpetual samadhi. It starts out as a small gap, and the more > it's experienced, the more it spreads. So, therefore, more > transcendence is a good thing. More outward strokiness? Not > berry gut. It becomes more and more difficult to believe Vaj ever actually learned and practiced TM.
