Various contributors have alleged that they are qualified to judge TM on its merits without having practiced it. One could no better accomplish this hopeless task than render an evaluation on chocolate cake without eating it. The fundamental reason for this is not the property of TM involving the no hard concentration, but instead allowing the mind to wander on it's own, someting that contrasts TM with a more fundamental type of traditional meditation; as well as close relatives to TM as found in Buddhist Traditions and Ananda Marga. Such a comparison of TM with other techniques would be incomplete if restricted to this property alone. The most important ingredient is the POWER in the mantra, something that can be evaluated and compared to other techniques only with direct initiation. My TM mantra definitely has power in it; but my initiation by one of the Ramakrishna monks at the Vedanta Temple in Hollywood (1976) provided a mantra with no discernable power in it. Likewise, various mantras chanted in Muktananda's group generated some power, but still inferior to TM (as well as his silent mantra technique based on Om Namah Shivaya.) Nope, not much power there...and I spent an appreciable amount of time in the presence of Swami Muktananda.. I've also been initiated by official representives of Guru Maharaji (1970), Kirpal Singh, Charan Singh, Thakur Singh, and Darshan Singh; (1974-1976). Nope, no power in those mantras. Also in 1970 I was initiated by a representative of the Eckankar founder, Paul Twitchell. No power in that mantra. So, fellow (you know who you are)....there's NO substitute for direct experience!...So...before you say your Buddhist Guru's teachings are superior to TM, the only way you can assert this with any validity is to get initiated into TM and do the coke/pepsi test for yourself. Do this and report back on the results. Without such direct experience, your're a speculator, not a scientist, and your conclusions are half-baked hypotheses devoid of fact.
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