--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "card" <cardemaister@...> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "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.) > > > > Seems to me like "good old" saMyama (dhaaraNaa -> dhyaanam -> > samaadhiH) on the ajñaa-cakra, or stuff, instead of, > say, naabhi-cakra (navel)?? > > Go figure. >
Well, in using the compound word desha-bandha (place-binding) Patañjali doesn't seem to specify which tanmaatra should be applied doing the saMyama-s. In the case of TM-siddhis, shabda-tanmaatra (sound) is utilized. But it seems plausible that at least also ruupa-tanmaatra (visualising) does the job?
