--- In [email protected], cardemaister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If one pronounces words aloud in ones head > whilst reading, one might be less likely > to "reach" pure consciousness during mantra meditation > than someone who doesn't pronounce words "aloud" > in their heads whilst reading? > Why? Well, early on in my TM "career" I noticed > that thinking my mantra during inhalation felt > extremely bad. Thus I learned to think it only during > inhalation, although that might not strictly speaking > be TM as thought by Maharishi. Only recently I've realised > that the reason why my mantra gives me an unpleasant > feeling in the head if I "use" it during inhalation > might be the same why speaking during inhalation > feels bad, for most people, I believe. Thus, it might > be hard for me to think on a level abstract enough > to "reach" pure consciousness easily, because I don't > seem to be able to read without pronouncing the words > inside my head. > Perhaps that's a same kind of individual feature - in this > case rather a handicap - > as are synesthesias, or stuff. Someone who has synesthesias > is probably unable to avoid them, even if they wanted to. >
I almost always read words aloud inside my head. I think you worry about these things too much. 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/
