--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mar 17, 2006, at 2:27 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > I still have the feeling that the mechanism that > > allows transcendence is *not* the mantra but the > > process of paying attention. What you pay attention > > to is irrelevant, because *everything* IS the > > transcendent. > > > > Mantras may make the process of learning that trans- > > cendence is possible easier at the beginning, but > > once the process has been established, the mantra > > is IMO no more effective than meditating on a donut. > > In mantra-shastra, the actual structure of mantra is what > helps it return to the imperishable, the akshara, based > on the actual phonic structure of the words themselves. > Every TM mantra ends in what is called chandra (or > "nada") and the bindu. In the popular "glyph" of > the pranava, aum, these are the crescent shape and > the "dot" to the right of the "3" shape. The subtlest > aspect of phonic emanation is the nada, which then > collapses into "bindu". One has to pierce the > bindu to go truly beyond mind.
One has to go through the hole in the donut to meditate well on it, too. :-) ------------------------ 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/
