sparaig wrote: >--- 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. > Yes that is how it is practiced. But this isn't done in TM.
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