--- In [email protected], Robert Gimbel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm wondering what other experiences are.. during meditation and the question of arriving at the state of 'settled intellect' as was discussed by Maharishi in the state of Samadhi.. > As the intellect is the function of the mind to discriminate between 'this or that'. > Does the intellect settle by discriminating between a thought and coming back to the mantra? or > Does the intellect settle by discriminating between subtler experiences of the mantra, as it refines, or what? > Does the intellect cease to discriminate at all, in Samadhi? > How exactly does the the intellect become more settled, and then completely settled during TM ?
The intellect is a function of mental activity. One could say that it IS mental activity. If all mental activity ceases, then there is no intellect to make discriminations. The latest physiological theory out of MUM is something along the lines that samadhi is the attention-shifting mechanism of the brain. If that mechanism is left active without content, then you have pure awareness without things to discriminate about, so the existence/non- existence/quietness/non-quietness of intellect is moot. ------------------------ 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/
