--- In [email protected], "Patrick Gillam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- 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. >
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