On 05/21/2013 09:07 AM, Rick Archer wrote: > > > From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On > Behalf Of authfriend > Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2013 10:09 AM > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: BatGap Panel Discussion – John Hagelin, Ph.D., > Igor Kufayev, and Mark McCooey. Moderated by Rick Archer > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com <mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com> > , Duveyoung <no_reply@... <mailto:no_reply@...> > wrote: > (snip) >> No way, Maharishi would have done the same panel that even faintly >> suggested there were "other meditations that could lead to >> transcendence." > Maharishi himself said that, for pete's sake. > > But he did always emphasize that TM was the most natural and effective, and > that if anything were as natural and effective as TM, then essentially, it > was TM, though it might be called something different.
IOW, a bit of doublespeak. He knew there were lots of techniques that were more powerful but many of those would not be for the general public. That statement also suggests that TM isn't that much different from a lot of other meditation techniques. In general most mantra meditation techniques will cause transcendence.
