--- In [email protected], Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > on 12/27/05 2:51 PM, bbrigante at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >> 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. >
> I understand that Bob. I'm just saying that I believe that this is what's > really going on. A physicist who understands how gravity works and another > man who doesn't are both influenced equally by gravity. Their understanding > or lack of it doesn't alter the laws of gravity. > **************** OK, but I wanted to emphasize that the correct practice of TM _requires_ that no meaning be assigned to the mantra during the practice, for Hindu practitioners or non-Hindus. People opposed to TM are always pushing the canard that the mantras assigned to people learning TM make TM a religious (Hindu) practice, and it is not. Assignment of meaning to the mantra is an option outside the practice of TM for those of the Hindu persuasion, but if one were to focus on meaning, any meaning, during TM, one would not be practicing TM. ------------------------ 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/
