Before doing the Sidhis it DID, in that it was an easy, pleasant and relaxing experience during meditation. But it didn't have any impact outside meditation on what I considered my major LIFE problems at the time - especially in comparison with all those "scientific" studies that raised so many expectations. This led me to doubt my own competence in the practice particularly as I didn't think I'd ever reached transcendental CONSCIOUSNESS, although a sense of transcending ordinary surface thinking was a common experience then. The Sidhis created more self-consciousness and sense of competetiveness - never hopped, for instance, as didn't want any "fake" experience. This completely undermined the innocence during TM, which lead to very subtle straining - with disastrous consequences. To this day - over 25 years later - just CANNOT have easy meditations for more than a few days or weeks. Typically I don't think I'm straining anything but just get headaches and can't help finding this demoralising. No amount of checking sorted this out and generally felt that the TMO was only interested in success stories anyway. So I've had periods of not meditating followed by renewed attempts which end up being disappointing and short-lived, during which even the mild sense of transcending is a rare phenomenon. So if YOU are finding TM easy and relaxing just ENJOY it!!!!!!!!!!!!
I saw recently a video posted on the net about Krishnamurti criticizing TM along with other meditations. He said we already have, as human beings, countless problems. Why add another - meditation? If it ends up being a problem for real, should one just GIVE UP or try and perservere????? Philosophically it seems important to me, but practically and hence rationally it's like Krishnamurti said - an extra, unnecessary problem. I now wish I'd never come accross it! --- In [email protected], "Jeff Fischer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > MMY and the TMO aside, did (does) the TM technique help you? > Although no longer practicing, it did help me at the time.
