On Apr 18, 2006, at 6:29 PM, sparaig wrote: > --- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > On Apr 18, 2006, at 5:30 AM, sparaig wrote: > > > > > > > I suspect that what you call transcending is not the same > as what > > > > > TMers call transcending. Given that TMers don't report > > > transcending > > > > > during TM until after-the-fact, this is hardly surprising... > > > > > > > > It'd probably depend on what *style* of shamatha you were doing. > > > For > > > > ex. there is a form of shamatha that traces the seed syllable > back > > > to > > > > it's source--silence--much like TM. > > > > > > > > > > TM *can* do this. Is this the goal of this style of meditation, > or is > > > it merely a description of an idealized outcome? > > > > It's just one of the styles of shamatha, that's all--the > beginning part. > > > > Don't get so stuck in your paradigm. > > > > So you think its a good thing to have this as a goal?
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