--- In [email protected], Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > sparaig wrote: > > >--- In [email protected], Bhairitu <noozguru@> wrote: > >[...] > > > > > >>Be sure to read the "Some Useful Hints" section. > >> > >> > >> > > > >Well, hmmmm... > > > >"Sit on Padma or Siddha Asana. Close the eyes. Concentrate the gaze on the > >Trikuti (space > >between the two eyebrows). Now, chant Dhirga Pranava (long OM) forcibly for > >five minutes. > >This will remove Vikshepa or tossing of the mind. Concentration will ensue. > >Now repeat > >OM mentally with Brahma-Bhavana. Whenever the mind begins to wander, again > >chant OM > >verbally. As soon as the mind gets calm, mentally repeat OM again. The same > >process can > >be adopted for Saguna meditation also." > > > > > > > It's disingenuous of you to just focus on the other techniques Sivananda > gives that are not TM like. Sivananda gives plenty of tips on > meditation that ARE TM-like. Point is Maharishi did not invent the TM > meditation process. It's been around for ages. Sorry to spoil your > delusion. Get over it. >
Sorry, Didn't appear to make distinctions between one technique and the next. > >Not to mention, hmmmm.... > > > >"In the beginning, when you are a neophyte, you can close your eyes to > >remove the > >distraction of mind, as you are very weak. But, later on, you must meditate > >with eyes open, > >even during walking. You must keep your balance of mind even when you are in > >the bustle > >of a city. Then only you are perfect. Why do you close your eyes during > >meditation? Open > >your eyes and meditate. Think strongly that the world is unreal, that there > >is no world, that > >there is Atman only. If you can meditate on Atman even when the eyes are > >open, you will > >be a strong man. You will not be easily disturbed." > > > So? Meditating with the eyes open is a valid technique. We teach that > too. It is not a part of TM but there are plenty of paragraphs in > Sivananda's work that describe techniques used in the TM teaching. > That's why I pointed out the Hints section. > Perhaps, but he says that only neophyte meditators meditate with eyes shut. That implies that the SAME technique is used in both eyes shut and eyes open cases. 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/
