--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip> > And yet another comment from Dana: <snip> > This is not a unique quality of TM. It exists in all formal, Tantric > Hindu and Buddhist traditions. There is no aspect of TM practice > that is not common in these traditions (as I mentioned before, the > only change I've seen is in how drifting from the mantra is > interpreted. In TM, it's attributed to unstressing; in the mainline > traditions it's attributed to lack of success.
This last should instantly have set off alarm bells in your mind as to how well qualified Dana is to assert that TM is no different from what is taught in other traditions. > In both cases the instruction is the same - "return to > the mantra once you realize you're off of it." Pathetic. > The sooner that TMers face the fact that there is nothing > amazing or unusual about their practice (and time spent > exploring the mainline Hindu traditions points this up) He doesn't have a *clue*. > the sooner they'll understand why even after 35 > years of regular meditation they still aren't > enlightened. There is no magic technique. Maharishi > was able to convince Westerners that there was > simply because young Westerners didn't know better. > TM is relaxing and relaxing is nice. All these years > of practice by Westerners proves that TM isn't the > magic pill we once thought it was. And if it was, > then Asians already practicing it would have been > enlightened long ago. When he says "Asians already practicing it," I take it he means some "mainline" technique that he believes is actually the same as TM, right? ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Check out the new improvements in Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/6pRQfA/fOaOAA/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/
