The chiropractors observations resonated with what was mentioned in the
article. Did you not read the article?
I didn't make any of this up. It's well known information about
mantras. Benson is a little wrong though but he was looking for a
"relaxation" response. He apparently didn't go deep enough to test
various sounds and see if they were more relaxing or if some sounds were
stimulating. Probably because he never ventured into that area of
yoga. Maharishi didn't teach us mantra shastra. I had to find that
elsewhere.
Meditate on "banana" long enough and you'll turn into a fruit. :-D
On 05/22/2015 06:54 PM, [email protected] [FairfieldLife] wrote:
/Well, it's settled then: a chiropractor you once read about in a book
a few decades ago said so.
It has already been established in studies done by Herbert Benson,
M.D. that the relaxation response is not dependent on any particular
word or "mantra". Any object can be used for meditation, a sound,
phrase, or image or just being aware of being aware.
You can chant OM for decades and probably not reach enlightenment, or
you could come to a realization in nano-second - under the right
conditions./
Quoting "Bhairitu [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]> [FairfieldLife]"
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>:
> Especially if you get the wrong mantra. Mantras have specific
> effects, some can calm and some can stimulate. If you're already
> sluggish (kapha) then a pitta or vata reducing mantra might not be
> good for you. You need a stimulating mantra. I think MMY thought
> that people who got a TM (pitta reducing) mantra would just move on
> to something else like they do in India. And I have mentioned before
> reading a book circa 1980 by a chiropractor who said that meditation
> might not be for everyone and some need to jog or walk instead.
>
> On 05/22/2015 11:30 AM, salyavin808 wrote:
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