--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote:
> >
> > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@>
wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In [email protected], "Jeff Fischer"
<jeffcandace@>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > MMY and the TMO aside, did (does) the TM technique help you?
> > > >
> > > > Although no longer practicing, it did help me at the time.
> > >
> > > My intro lecture -- closely following a short affair
> > > with Zen, which itself followed a longer, more mean-
> > > ingful relationship with psychedelics -- was given
> > > by Maharishi. It was sometime in 1967, at the Greek
> > > Theater in Los Angeles.
> > >
> > > It was probably the standard intro lecture for that
> > > period, but the part I remember most clearly is his
> > > idea of the natural tendency of the mind -- to seek
> > > more. That just rocked for me. Seeking "more" was,
> > > after all, why I was there listening to him. So I
> > > learned to meditate and then I learned to teach
> > > people how to meditate, and along the way I had some
> > > very interesting and profound "more" experiences.
> > >
> > > I was happy with them for many years, and then when
> > > "more" began happening less and less, I decided to
> > > beat feet and look for it on the road. I have never
> > > been unable to find it there.
> >
> > But have you found the "more" MMY was actually
> > talking about (as opposed to the "more" you were
> > after)?
>
> But how could anyone answer that? What the hell does "more" mean in
> this context save what you assume it does?
Not sure what you're asking here. But I've never
heard MMY use it the way Barry does ("interesting
and profound 'more' experiences").
