> If "meditation" means thinking then "Transcendental Meditation" suggests > "going beyond thinking". But "meditation" only means thinking in western > contexts. Easterners use whatever word they use in their language for > "meditation" in a sense closer to western ideas of "contemplation". > According to Charles Lutes, the term "Transcendental" means to go beyond; "meditation" means thinking. Hence, 'Transcendental Meditation' means to go beyond thinking. So, how could could anyone cause physiological change by just thinking?
http://www.maharishiphotos.com/tmintro.html On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 4:31 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Re Ann's "The transition between waking and sleeping is not transcendence > in my book. It is full of thoughts and awareness that do not feel > transcendental at all.": > So you are *not* doing what Maharshi says. You have to hold your awareness > at the point you wake up *before* thoughts arise. Presumably it worked for > Ramana because he was in a state of Unity already; his suggestion is that > it could work for others also. I mention him as his ideas rather nicely > dovetail with Lynch's description of transcending during meditation. And I > mention Lynch and the commentator on the article as their take on TM as an > intermediate state between sleep and waking is more helpful than the > Official TM approach using bubble diagrams. > Re Richard's "Meditation means "to think things over". So, TM meditation > is based on thinking. Anyone who can think is probably already practising > a basic meditation.": > If "meditation" means thinking then "Transcendental Meditation" suggests > "going beyond thinking". But "meditation" only means thinking in western > contexts. Easterners use whatever word they use in their language for > "meditation" in a sense closer to western ideas of "contemplation". > > >
