--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <LEnglish5@...> wrote: > > Everyone is different. One thing I've noted about 40 years > (as of yesterday) TM practice is that I still don't know > "how" to do it. > > I find it fascinating that anyone has discovered a way to > "do" it (whatever "it" is) better.
Similarly, after 38 years, the idea of having to attend to where my "inner vision" is centered during TM just doesn't compute--it's so far from, so inconsistent with, so foreign to, what's "happening" during TM. > --- In [email protected], "Seraphita" <s3raphita@> wrote: > > > > Franklin Merrell-Wolff (younger readers will have to look him up on > > Wikipedia as he's fallen into obscurity in recent years) claimed that he > > never learned a single meditation practice that he didn't have to > > "tweak" before he could get the maximum benefits from the practice. I > > have to confess, I've had the same experience with TM. The effortless > > repetition (or favouring) of the mantra for sure elicited some dramatic > > changes in consciousness, including (on rounding courses) experiences of > > Richard Bucke-style "cosmic consciousness". But the TM technique always > > insisted one concentrate (if "concentrate" is the right word) on > > "hearing" the subtle sound of the syllable - with no reference given to > > where ones vision (perhaps a better expression is "inner vision") might > > be centred. I've since found that, for me, allowing my "inner vision" > > awareness to centre on the space immediately in front of my eyes greatly > > enhances the effects of TM and makes me more centred immediately after a > > mediation session. (I'm not actually crossed-eyed (!) during my > > sessions, but presumably the location does suggest the Ajna chakra.) > > I've heard that other spiritual groups recommend centring ones attention > > on the Ajna chakra if you're more the "thinking type" - that would > > describe me - but they also recommend centring attention on the heart > > chakra if you're more the touchy-feely type. By the way, dire warnings > > are given (especially by Theosophical-influenced groups) on allowing > > one's attention to centre on the lower - the root or genital chakras - > > unless you're sexually "pure" as that can increase one's libido and lead > > to sexual obsessions - or "sex addiction" as modern parlance has it. > > Now, only being myself your bog-standard meditator, I'm curious if other > > (more advanced) FFL posters have experienced a similar effect to me. > > That is, combining mantra favouring with relaxed, inner visual attention > > centred in front of the eyes has improved your results. And also I'm > > curious if those of you who took TM-sidha training, or trained as > > teachers, ever heard Maharishi mention chakras to your inner core of > > "true believers" . . . > > By the way, if what I'm saying sounds presumptuous why not give it a try > > yourself for a few days? > > >
