For me, the instructions are deliberately vague and open-ended. The meditator develops an intuition of what it means to "think a mantra without effort."
Maharishi's own explanation is that "by the third day [of the Three Night's Checking], it should be 'fairly clear' what it means to think a thought without effort." Mantra and Transcendental Meditation explained by Maharishi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRSvW9Ml9DQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRSvW9Ml9DQ Mantra and Transcendental Meditation explained by M... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRSvW9Ml9DQ http://tm.org Maharishi explains everything about the Transcendental Meditation mantra, including why it is important to have a meaningless sound... View on www.youtube... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRSvW9Ml9DQ Preview by Yahoo "Fairly clear" is hardly the same as "precise." The whole point is that there's a "techniqueless technique," an "effortless effort," a spontaneous *feeling* of what the "just the right start" might be --any attempt to get closer only takes one further away, and all that. L ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote : When we learn TM we get very concrete instructions that structure our practice in effortlessness, not from an intellectual level or an empty word but a very structured precise and effective procedure.
