--- In [email protected], "suziezuzie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I would be curious to know why people practice TM. Whether it be > experiential reasons or philosophical or both, what are the reasons why > you sit down once or twice a day and practice TM and the sidhis? What > do you gain at the time you practice, afterwards, in the short run, > long run and does an afterlife belief have anything to do with your > practice? >
I do TM twice a day (plus sidhis) because it is the path I've chosen, which I did at age 18 and have done it regularly pretty much since then (I'm 51 now) with a few pockets of irregular practise dispersed throughout the 33 years. I was always looking for "something" and I had criteria. It had to be something that didn't require blind belief...I had been exposed to that growing up while going to church etc. and knew very much it couldn't be that. Two other factors were also important but I didn't realize what they were until they were mentioned within the context of TM being explained to me but when they were, something clicked that that was what I was looking for. And those two things were: (1) that the practise was scientifically or objectively verifiable; and (2) that it was easy and didn't require concentration. And once I chose TM as a path, I pretty much knew that I'd be doing it regularly for the rest of my life...and for those few pockets of time when I wasn't regular, I distinctly experienced a difference, so I always went back to regular practise. Is it experiential or philosophical reasons or both: Both. Philosophical for the reasons mentioned above (sorry, that's about as philosophical as I get) and, more importantly -- MUCH more importantly -- experiential. I need to experience pure consciousness in the here and now while I am alive and not as some reward in heaven after I die. What I gain: short term: a more relaxed life. Long term: hopefully, higher states of consciousness. Afterlife considerations: not really 'cause I want it all NOW. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Yahoo! Groups gets a make over. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/XISQkA/lOaOAA/yQLSAA/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/
