--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 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.
Interesting. If I understand you right - they will start with some concentration, then less consentration and then effortless practice, over time. It is the same as I read in some books about Hindu Meditation and a concentrated form of the instructions into TM today. In 1962, we received the Mantra, without the instructions given today. We were told to concentrate on the Mantra for 30 minutes. The next day - the teacher checked the Mantra - and that was it. Ingegerd > ------------------------ 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/
