--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Mason" > > > > <premanandpaul@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > In 'Meditation: easy system propounded by Maharishi Mahesh > > Yogi' > > > > > (c1959) there is to be found a series of questions which > > includes > > > > the > > > > > following: > > > > > Q. How does meditation improve the fortune of a man? > > > > > A. Our system of meditation involves the All Mighty Power. We > > take > > > > > the 'MANTRA' of some God according to our faith and meditate > > on > > > > that. > > > > > The power of the 'MANTRA' brings to us the Almighty > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Grad students studying ODD (Oppositional Defiant Disorder) > > should > > > > now tune in to observe Judy Stein's next 40 posts in which she > > will > > > > demonstrate that Maharishi did NOT mean in that quote that TM > > > > mantras are the names of gods. > > > > > > > > And then she will call you a liar. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Er, the usual definition of mantra isn't "name." > > > > > > Er, the usual understood use of mantras in meditation consists of > > effort and concentration. > > > > So if you use effort and concentration, it's a mantra, but if you don't, it's really a name? > > OK...
Yes, Spare Egg, your logic is impeccible. That is exactly the point I was trying to make. 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/
