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> > > > >
> > > > > 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").
When Maharishi uses this expression:
'The natural tendency of the mind to seek more'...
It's in relation to how TM works;
In that the mind seeks to find, finer appreciation(s) of the mantra.
The natural tendency of the mind is exploited in TM, in the inward
stroke of meditation-
Then as the mantra refines, it eventually disappears;
And you are left with the witnessing self.
Most people are attuned to seeking more in the outer, material world.
TM uses this natural tendency to seek more within.
And there does come a time, as Barry mentions, that after a certain
amount of expansion within is acheived;
Then one can continue to seek more, and find more, everywhere one
looks.
Because knowledge is structured in consciousness, then it follows;
That when one's consciousness is expanded, then one has a completely
different experience, then when one's consciousness is limited.
So, as we expand the container of knowledge, through meditation;
We can't help but appreciate feelings, knowings, and understandings,
which wouldn't be possible, when our consiousness was more limited.
And with expanded consciousness comes the siddhis, and all sorts of
experiences, not possible with limited consciousness.
R.G.
