On 02/27/2013 04:38 AM, navashok wrote: > Is the description from David Lynch's website more honest? > > Where does the TM technique come from? > > The Transcendental Meditation technique is thousands of years old—it > comes from an unbroken tradition of meditation instruction from ancient > India. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi first introduced the technique to the West > over 50 years ago. It was Maharishi's idea to subject the TM technique > to scientific scrutiny in order to establish its practical benefits to > daily life. Maharishi has trained tens of thousands of TM teachers who > are providing TM instruction in all parts of the world. In a recent > cover story on science and meditation, Time magazine recently credited > Maharishi for the revival of meditation and yoga in the U.S. and around > the globe. > > http://www.davidlynchfoundation.org/about-tm.html <Where does the TM > technique come from? The Transcendental Meditation technique is > thousands of years old—it comes from an unbroken tradition of > meditation instruction from ancient India. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi first > introduced the technique to the West over 50 years ago. It was > Maharishi's idea to subject the TM technique to scientific scrutiny in > order to establish its practical benefits to daily life. Maharishi has > trained tens of thousands of TM teachers who are providing TM > instruction in all parts of the world. In a recent cover story on > science and meditation, Time magazine recently credited Maharishi for > the revival of meditation and yoga in the U.S. and around the globe. > http://www.davidlynchfoundation.org/about-tm.html> > > Also no picture of Maharishi on the whole website, but a watermark image > of David on every page. > > Where did the TM technique come from? > > The Transcendental Meditation technique is based on the ancient Vedic > tradition of enlightenment in India. This knowledge has been handed down > by Vedic masters from generation to generation for thousands of years. > About 50 years ago, Maharishi — the representative in our age of the > Vedic tradition — introduced Transcendental Meditation to the world, > restoring the knowledge and experience of higher states of consciousness > at this critical time for humanity. When we teach the Transcendental > Meditation technique today, we maintain the same procedures used by > teachers thousands of years ago for maximum effectiveness. > > http://www.tm.org/meditation-techniques > <http://www.tm.org/meditation-techniques> > > Btw. the www.TM.org <http://www.TM.org> website seems to have received > an overhaul.
There is nothing that unique about TM. If you learn some mantra shastra you can see that. Maharishi started out with a more conventional technique for the masses. The later set of mantras almost look like they were inspired by ayurveda. Perhaps Swami Lakshman Joo suggested the newer scheme to him. ------------------------------------ To subscribe, send a message to: fairfieldlife-subscr...@yahoogroups.com 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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: fairfieldlife-dig...@yahoogroups.com fairfieldlife-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: fairfieldlife-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
