--- Rick Archer 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.
Is there any way to tell whether TM's influence results from the mantra's vibe or from the experience of pure consciousness, which is what happens when the mantra fades away? The old TM explanation always made sense to me -- that the mantra is a sound that tends to go away, leaving one's awareness without an object; leaving it aware of awareness itself. This notion that TM's benefits come from the sound's vibration, or from an entity associated with that sound, seems primitive. Inelegant. Sub-Occam. But as I ask above, who can tell? We have lots of people here who've used TM mantras at some length. I'd love to read people's experiences in terms of what each of us has observed firsthand in all these decades of using our mantras. Get this discussion out of the realm of theory and into our direct experiences. ------------------------ 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/
