On Mar 10, 2006, at 3:56 AM, Ingegerd wrote: > When I learned TM (Deep Meditation) in 1962, by the first meditation > teacher in Norway, we learned to concentrate about the Mantra. Some > years after - the instruction became "Don't concentrate", and the > checking points came out. > Ingegerd
That's interesting. I was just looking over the instruction materials which will be used for the Shamatha Project, a one year project where people will learn a TM-style of meditation and then practice for a year while they are examined via, EEG, fMRI, PET scans, etc. for changes. Instead of using a "canned" meditation method, they will actually learn three methods of Shamatha from those using effort/focus on a meditative object to those which are effortless. Now whether or not they will ask that just one be used for the research, I don't know, but they're teaching all three to give students the opportunity to fine tune what's best for them. I liked the idea of a continuum of practice rather than a fixed practice. The idea may be to progress from effor/ focus to true effortlessness as the student is able or if the student is able. ------------------------ 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/
