On Nov 16, 2006, at 4:30 PM, sparaig wrote:
--- In [email protected], Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
--- suziezuzie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I called the Art of Living center in Boulder
Colorado and spoke with
an individual who said that the Art of Living
meditation technique is
different than the TM technique. He also said that
there is an
emphasis on krias (purification practices) and
pranayama in
conjunction with meditation. The meditation is
called SaHaj in which
the attention is put on the heart along with the use
of a mantra as
opposed to TM in which the mantra is effortlessly
repeated with
transcending naturally occurring. To say that both
techniques are
identical according to this individual is incorrect.
He knows because
he was a TMer and learned SaHaj as taught by the Art
of Living also.
So at this point, I've decided to go with TM for my
daughter and hope
she likes it and sticks to it. This individual also
mentioned that
there is no tension between Shankar and MMY, that
MMY support
everything Shankar is doing. He also said that
prices are negotiable,
students pay half the price and that there is no
problem if someone
cannot afford to pay at all. He said that Shankar
was a secretary of
MMY's and when he became enlightened, MMY encourage
Shankar to go off
and teach with MMY's blessing. That according to
this person I spoke
with, there never was a problem with MMY and
Shankar. I get the
impression that many of the TMers who went with this
group were
looking for a more personal relationship with a
master/organization
which is what it sounds like, like what the TM
organization was back
in the 60s early 70s, loosely conducted with a Guru
who is very
assessable. Mark
SM is an advanced TM technique. And again, SM is how
MMY taught initiators to teach TM to Indians.
Not according to OTHER TM teachers I've heard make reference to
this, including MMY
himelf, by implication.
But you probably you imagine TM as some canonical, "fixed" entity.
You miss completely the continuity of the gnosis.
But SSRS got it, no ifs ands or buts.
