--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], Peter <drpetersutphen@> wrote: > > [...] > > > The problem is with the word "efffort." It implies a > > > focused trying which is not how you do TM. I think a > > > better word would be "intent." > > > > And even that isn't always necessary--perhaps never necessary. > > There was a '76 paperback called "The Relaxation > Controversy" (specifically about Benson's method > vs. TM) by journalist Martin Ebon (who did a > number of such books on TM that were more accurate > than most by non-TMers) which included an interview > with Charlie Donahue. Quote: > > "One thing about TM that is terribly subtle and > difficult to get across, is that the mechanics of > our meditation method are nonintentional. You > cannot characterize [TM] by some rule that's > consistently applied....[With Benson's technique] > there is the consistent application of a rule, > [whereas with TM] you just don't have such a rule. > ...[We have] an explanation as to why {TM] cannot > be intentional....Transcending means experiencing > without an object [or] attention-free consciousness. > In order to experience attention-free consciousness, > we cannot engage in manipulating attention. The > kind of attention that's a prerequisite for any > consistent application of a rule is disallowed." >
You can't force your thalamus to become less active via force, unless it's due to temporary exhaustion of the neurons themselves. I've seen a Zen researcher speculate this precisesly: that long-term concentration brings about exhaustion of the thalamus and that's when satori takes place. 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/
