Hmm good question Seraphita. Dunno what the Movement did with PST after Deepak left. I know they had various Indian healers come round and do some expensive healing stuff, cost was based on what kind of healing you wanted.
Had some TM friends who did it, cost them about $1400.00, per person. The lady would walk around them and blow her breath on them, and intone some kind of mantra from time to time, sometimes it was just a shout, but that was a different thing than the PST I think. As to my experience with Primordial Sound meditation. When I was initiated, the teachers don't do puja, they chant some sanskrit lines. I sat there in front of the teacher and as soon as she started chanting, I felt this rather pleasant and powerful energy right over the top of my head. As she chanted the energy built and built, becoming stronger and stronger and it seemed to be swirling around in circle from top to bottom like a ferris wheel - I was kind of surprised and wondered what was gonna happen but sat there and as soon as she finished the chant, she leaned in and whispered the mantra - instantly I felt all that energy whoosh down into my crown and go all the way to my feet. Per instruction I closed my eyes and began to repeat the mantra, and all I can say is that what I experienced was the feeling of energy that felt like it was the very essence of who I am. I had never felt anything like that in my life. For about two or three months every time I meditated with the Primordial Sound mantra it felt the same way, same energy, same essence of me. After that two or three month period that stopped and meditation was just meditation. The difference between the two, TM and PSM for me is this: TM always felt like I was sinking into the Absolute, and PSM feels like I am waking up or enlivening the Absolute within me. So that's my take on it. ________________________________ From: Seraphita <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2013 11:32 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra nothing without Maharishi Thanks Michael. Re "not an internally used mantra": a bit like japa maybe? Was the Primordial Sound Technique ditched by the TMO when Chopra bailed out or is it still available as an advanced technique? I found my TM induction a heck of an initiation! As in, quite dramatic body twitchings and that sense of falling down the rabbit hole like Alice. For you, was your PSM initiation back in '96 even more of a wake-up call than your first TM session? One thing I like about my original seed mantra (which I have stayed faithful to) is that I'm happy to let it mutate during a session and have been intrigued by claims that all these bija syllables eventually turn into "Aum" if allowed to follow their natural course. I always think that if I had to repeat a three-part mantra (with more than three syllables of course) I'd be concentrating too much on remembering the sequence correctly to be able to enter a state of restful alertness -whereas a one- or two-syllable mantra is perfect for Seraphita's tiny mind! On the topic of his books, I'm tempted to buy War of the Worldviews as I enjoy argy-bargy and I respect Chopra for having the balls to engage in open debate with a full-on materialist. Anyone read that and would recommend it? . --- In [email protected], Michael Jackson wrote: > > The original Primordial Sound Technique was a TM thing that Chopra gave out, > having the person intone a certain sound. It was not an internally used > mantra. > > The Primordial Sound Meditation that Chopra came up with is a mantra > meditation. The mantras are chosen according to your birthday and time. > > I got my PSM mantra back in 1996 - it was a heck of an initiation. > > The PSM mantras are all three part mantras, the first is Om, the second part > is the one determined by your birthday and time info, and the third part is > Namah, so Om (Private mantra) Namah. > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Seraphita s3raphita@... > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2013 10:27 PM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra nothing without Maharishi > > > >  > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" wrote: > > > > Well, he re-wrote _Quantum Healing_, which was originally about the > > Primordial Sound Technique, which has nothing to do with Primordial Sound > > Meditation, to make it all about the latter. > > Is the  "Primordial Sound Technique" basically TM with a new (and longer) > mantra? And how does it differ from "Primordial Sound Meditation" (apart from > being a lot more expensive, I guess)?  The only Chopra book I've read was > Synchrodestiny which although being unobjectionable struck me as pretty > bland. Can anyone recommend a Chopra title that they found helpful? >
