On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 1:51 PM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
> > > *From:* salyavin808 <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> > > ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <sharelong60@...> wrote : > > Richard, I'm really glad I practice TM. Mindfulness seems like a heck of a > lot of work, tracking the rising and continuing of thoughts! > > Hardly. > > The simple fact is there are many different types of mindfulness, some are > easier than others but none are difficult. You just have to find one that > suits you, I do several types and some are even easier than TM because you > don't even need to say a mantra. I have two favourites out of the ten in my > book, they have known psychological advantages and are pleasant to do as > well, leaving me refreshed and clear. TM, it has to be said, can often > leave you feeling crap and with all the resting and unstressing seems like > a lot of work sometimes but I still do it because I like the overall effect. > > There's been a lot of crap spoken today about a popular, well tested and > useful form of meditation but not by anyone that has actually tried it. Go > figure. > > Isn't that fascinating? They're willing to say seemingly definitive things > about a practice they have never learned, and in fact never even considered > learning. > > Anyone can learn mindfulness from reading a book, Barrry. It's not complicated. http://www.samharris.org/blog/item/how-to-meditate > > > But it's not so strange when you realize that Maharishi made a career out > of doing exactly the same thing. He had ZERO experience with any of the > "competing" techniques he brushed aside and described in a derogatory > fashion. He didn't know *diddleysquat* about any of them, which became > apparent whenever someone would actually call him on one of his putdowns > and get in his face with real facts. In those situations Maharishi would > back down and drop the subject, but then he'd be back spouting the same > ignorant bullshit the next day. > > Clearly many of his students learned well from his example...spout > ignorance often enough and loudly enough and the weakest minds in the group > you're speaking to will not only believe it, they'll repeat it to others as > if it were the Highest Truth. > > > > > > >
