--- In [email protected], Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > on 11/3/05 3:23 PM, bbrigante at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > During the proper practice of TM, the mantras are indeed meaningless > > sounds (TM properly practiced has nothing to with any meaning one > > might assign to the mantras, but to their use as a vehicle of > > attention, a sound resonating with the mind in a way that leads to > > transcendence). Outside of the practice of TM, if Hindus want to > > assign meanings to the sounds, that has nothing to do with the > > practice of TM. > > Mantras are effective by virtue of the energy and intelligence imbued in > them or associated with them. You tickle a Devata, the Devata tickles you > back. Indians understand this, and I've heard Maharishi talk about it. He > just emphasized the meaningless sound bit to make TM palatable in the West. >
So there not being a meaning associated with the TM mantras is a bogus thing? The idea of assigned meaning keeping you from transcending is a big white lie? ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
