--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip> > The "zapping" is not a goal in itself, although admittedly > there are people in the world stupid enough to consider it > one and to flit from teacher to teacher like a druggie > doing the rounds of the local dealers. > > Done properly, it's part of a larger method of instruction. > The first part is instruction in how to meditate oneself. > The next part is a "vision of possibilities," being shown > what the established goal of this particular meditation > (samadhi, the fully conscious thoughtless state) is *like*, > and the third part is one's daily meditation, as one works > at being able to realize the goal more often and for longer > periods of time. > > Don't try to judge it by TM standards. Maharishi *can't* > offer step two, so he doesn't.
We don't know that, of course. In any case, it isn't the "established goal" of TM, so why should he?
