--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Dec 19, 2005, at 4:43 PM, sparaig wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> > >> On Dec 19, 2005, at 4:30 PM, sparaig wrote: > >> > >>> --- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On Dec 19, 2005, at 1:52 PM, Premanand Paul Mason wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> Someone recently said to me that cults can only sell > > scaffolding. > >>>>> Scaffolding can be a superfluous encumbrence unless there is > > that > >>>>> need for support whilst accessing difficult to reach places. > >>>>> > >>>>> There was a posting recently about 'the gap'. Essentially, TMers > >>> are > >>>>> being directed at finding this gap and prolonging the experience > >>> of > >>>>> not experiencing thought. But has anyone else noticed that the > >>>>> repetition of a mantra can sometimes be counterproductive in > > that > >>> in > >>>>> filling the gap, it appears sometimes to delay the experience of > >>> no > >>>>> thought? I have noticed that a swifter route to the gap is > >>> dropping > >>>>> thought altogether, just willing it. > >>>> > >>>> Actually, part of the point of the post was that although TM uses > >>> the > >>>> idea of the gap/sandhi to explain TM; in the full idea of what > >>> that > >>>> entails, TM only goes as far as 1 or 1.5 out of 7. There are a > >>> whole > >>>> slew of other methods beyond that to reach the big "E". > >>>> > >>>> As a person offlist said to me that's what you call 'we were > > given > >>>> one wheel, and lead to believe we had the whole bike.' > >>>> > >>>> Ouch. > >>>> > >>> > >>> Or perhaps you only recognize one wheel even though all of them > > are > >>> inherent in TM. > >> > >> Clearly this is not the case. It's amazing what clever marketing > > can do. > >> > > > > It is also amazing what denial can lead to... > > Denial? What is there to deny? If it's not there, it's not there. No > denial needed if it doesn't exist.
But what if it DOES exist and you've somehow missed it? > > Or were you referring to your own denial? > That too. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Ever feel sad or cry for no reason at all? Depression. Narrated by Kate Hudson. http://us.click.yahoo.com/CQDrNC/ubOLAA/d1hLAA/0NYolB/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/
