--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "lurkernomore20002000" > > <steve.sundur@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "geezerfreak" <geezerfreak@> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > It's not his mantra. It's his method of using the mantra. > > > > > > "In this meditation we do not try. We do not try to think the mantra > > > clearly. Mental repetition is not a clear pronunciation it is a > > faint > > > idea........................" > > > > > > lurk > > > > > > > > > > > Whoa! I think I've heard the "faint idea" -idea only in connection > > with TM-siddhis.... > > > > Haven't been checked lately? >
Well, uh, some 25 years ago... And my mantra definately seems to work better if I pronounce the last "letter" rather clearly, as it was emphasized during my initiation by Mr J. H. He said something like "the last sound resembles <beep>", after he noticed, I believe, that I repeated that part of my mantra to him somewhat "sloppily". So, there seems to be some problems with the mantras when the sounds in them don't appear in a language at all, or in a particular phonotactic position, for instance at the end of a word. An example, sort of, might be the Japanese and Chinese. In my understanding they have a hard time making any difference between the sounds 'r' and 'l'. Another example could be the German word for 'I' (ich), which for instance native speakers of English tend to pronounce like 'ik'....hmmm.... 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/
