--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "L B Shriver" <l_b_shriver@> > wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "Ingegerd" > <marwincornyarmand@> wrote: > > > > > > I heard Geoffrey Clements say something similar many years > > > ago, when he visited Norway. When we meditate TM - something > > > is happening in the brain, more coherence. If we meditate > > > with people that is not doing TM - their vibes will disturb > > > our brain wave function. Some of the TB's told us not to have > > > non-meditating friends - because it was not good for us, and > > > never meditate in the same room as others that used other > > > meditation technique. I think I would be very comfortable > > > to meditate in the same room as Yogananda and Guru Dev. > > > Ingegerd > > > > ******** > > > > When I first came to MIU in the mid-70s, a friend told me > > that once during meditation he felt a presence sitting next > > to him. The thought came, "Zen Buddhist". A voice spoke to > > him telepathically and said, "What right do you have to > > transcend?" Then it continued: "This is how I transcend." > > > > At that moment, according to my friend, "the bottom fell > > out" and he plunged into the deepest meditation he had > > ever experienced. As I recall, he didn't find the > > experience to be negative. > > Although this story sounds somewhat hyped up and > fictionalized, that *IS* what it's like to meditate > with someone who can go into samadhi for long periods > of time. The bottom really does "fall out," in the > sense that as long as that person stays in thought- > less samadhi, *you* stay in thoughtless samadhi. > Forget the "maximum of several seconds" stuff that > Sparaig talks about from the experiments; we're > talking twenty minutes to an hour easy, sometimes > longer. > > When you think about it, this may be one reason that > the TMO doesn't want its people meditating with those > from other traditions who can transcend for long > periods of time. As long as they don't know it's > possible, they don't know what they're missing. >
Pats head. Of course, Unc. There's a good boy. 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/
