--- In [email protected], bbrigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- 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. >
*Deliberately* focus. If its ANY kind of focus that distorts the practice, then one is left with the fact that one isn't practicing TM because one heard a rumor about some deity being associated with the mantra, etc.,and that if that thought popped up and you started worrying about the bija-ness of the TM mantra, then you couldn't be TMing at that point. ------------------------ 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/
