--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], Vaj <vajranatha@> wrote: > > > > <snip> > > > > > There are a lot of reasons that TM would not work for a person > > but > > > > > they're probably similar or the same reasons other forms of > > > > > meditation might not work. IMO the most common reason is that > > the > > > > > person receiving the instruction, for whatever reason-- their > > > > mental > > > > > makeup, their worldview, their state of mind, etc.-- *just > > doesn't > > > > > get it*. A constitutional disconnect. It just doesn't click > > with > > > > > where they're at. And of course this can happen with any form > > of > > > > > meditation. In a case such as this, it may be advantageous to > > wait > > > > > until a certain span of time has passed and then be re- > > instructed. > > > > > The perspective of time can do wonders. > > > > > > > > As it happens, TM provides for exactly this and > > > > recommends TMers take advantage of it on a regular > > > > basis. > > > > > > > > The checking procedure is essentially reinstruction > > > > in the practice. > > > > > > Not really. Its a reminder of effortlessness. > > > > That's what TM instruction is. > > > > TM initiation isn't the same as the 3 nights of checking and > verification you get afterwards. > Certainly, there's overlap between checking and the three nights > checking. But that's not TM instruction.
Checking isn't *initiation*. The differences from the initial instruction (the private session) are minor. ------------------------ 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/
