(snip) "> Effortless in TM spin was merely a way of saying it was easy. Later it became an > amalgamated as part of the dogma--and we all simply "believed". > I'd put it this way, before enlightenment all is effort and afterwards, by definition there is no effort. I always found TM to be easy, but never thought about whether or not it was effortless."
Why not just think of it this way: You sit and have the 'Intention' of meditating... There is no effort in that. Just the intention to begin, and let happen what happens. The mantra becomes just an impulse, then fades; Thoughts come and go, and we easily come back to the impulse of the mantra. Mantra has thousands of different expressions of impulse, perhaps almost an infinite number of impulses; Just as a song cannot be sung two ways exactly the same. So, it is with TM; It's different every time, if you are innocent. TM is to teach the mind to be innocent. To notice and experience the 'witness' of thought, of the mantra, and the activity of transcending, in a systematic way. The Siddhi Techniques are the same: Just Intention, same thing. And Maharishi always says, that the 'Quietest level is the most powerful'. Just the finest, most innocent intention will do... R.G. 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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
