--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > [...] > > > > > > A similar puzzling phenomenon is seen in a > > > situation that has come up again recently, > > > whether TM is truly effortless. Faced with > > > a quote from Maharishi himself saying that > > > there is some subtle effort involved with > > > TM, many people cling *desperately* to the > > > "TM is completely effortless" dogma they > > > were taught, claiming that the quote is > > > inaccurate, that other people are "misin- > > > terpreting" it, whatever...*anything* but > > > challenge one of their longest-held assump- > > > tions. Again, go figure. > > > > I heard/read different than you, I guess. > > Or you wanted to. >
While you didn't? My favorite quote from MMY on this point: "Least effort in the direction of less effort." The question of whether or not TM is effortless is unanswerable. Maybe it is, maybe it ain't. The point is: no effort is *required*.
