--- In [email protected], Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > on 12/27/05 2:38 PM, Rick Archer at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > on 12/27/05 2:30 PM, bbrigante at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> > >> ************** > >> > >> Because the correct use of the mantra in TM requires that no meaning > >> be assigned to the mantra during the practice of TM -- what meanings > >> people want to assign or not assign outside of meditation has > >> nothing to do with TM. Because Irishmen think a certain way about > >> the color green does not mean that anybody else has to think the > >> same way -- if Hindus want to see those meaningless sounds in TM as > >> being associated with some being, who cares? > > > > I'd rephrase this: whether or not you believe or perceive that your mantra > > is associated with "some being," if it is, it is. >
> And although on some superficial level it may be true that the "vibratory > influence" of the mantra causes TM to work, ultimately, the benefits result > from aligning oneself with the "impulse of intelligence" or Devata that the > mantra represents. > ************** You are expressing a belief that has nothing to do with the correct practice of TM -- during the practice of TM, the mantra is used as a meaningless sound. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/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/
