[FairfieldLife] Waking Down (was: Re: The Kaplan Money)

2005-05-18 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anonymousff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The TM checking instruction for "antsy-ness" is to "feel the > body". [snip] > Does this "feeling the body" ring any bells to you? No, it doesn't, but that's not saying much. My memory is pretty selective. > Do you d

[FairfieldLife] Waking Down (was: Re: The Kaplan Money)

2005-05-18 Thread anonymousff
The TM checking instruction for "antsy-ness" is to "feel the body". That means to not try to introduce the mantra. Instead, allow the attention to go innocently onto the body. Naturally you will become aware of sensations in the body that are creating the discomfort. Those sensations may be ass

[FairfieldLife] Waking Down (was: Re: The Kaplan Money)

2005-05-18 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Llundrub" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > To be perfectly honest, I don't think you ever "got" TM at all. > > ---I admire your honesty, but why should I care what you think? I actually > think you don't think but merely spout platitudes. THOUGHTFUL platitudes

Re: [FairfieldLife] Waking Down (was: Re: The Kaplan Money)

2005-05-18 Thread Llundrub
To be perfectly honest, I don't think you ever "got" TM at all.   ---I admire your honesty, but why should I care what you think? I actually think you don't think but merely spout platitudes. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Fair

[FairfieldLife] Waking Down (was: Re: The Kaplan Money)

2005-05-18 Thread sparaig
; just to get an extra meditation. Now, I check TM to see if it matches my needs. > - Original Message - > From: Alex Stanley > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 7:01 AM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Waking Down (was: Re: The Kaplan

[FairfieldLife] Waking Down (was: Re: The Kaplan Money)

2005-05-18 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dare I ask if you have been checked? I have found it > > impossible to "force" TM. > > No, I haven't been checked. By "force", I mean to

Re: [FairfieldLife] Waking Down (was: Re: The Kaplan Money)

2005-05-18 Thread Llundrub
7:01 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Waking Down (was: Re: The Kaplan Money) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]...> wrote:> Dare I ask if you have been checked? I have found it> impossible to "force" TM.No, I haven

[FairfieldLife] Waking Down (was: Re: The Kaplan Money)

2005-05-18 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dare I ask if you have been checked? I have found it > impossible to "force" TM. No, I haven't been checked. By "force", I mean to sit there with eyes closed, attempting TM, instead of getting up and doing something else.

[FairfieldLife] Waking Down (was: Re: The Kaplan Money)

2005-05-18 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Just curious, do you still do TM? > > Once in a while for five minutes or so. I get antsy when I do it > longer, and I'd rather

[FairfieldLife] Waking Down (was: Re: The Kaplan Money)

2005-05-17 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just curious, do you still do TM? Once in a while for five minutes or so. I get antsy when I do it longer, and I'd rather let the mind pursue what it wants rather than force it to do TM. I got a lot of lasting benef

[FairfieldLife] Waking Down (was: Re: The Kaplan Money)

2005-05-17 Thread jim_flanegin
Glad it worked for you. Just curious, do you still do TM? As far as the uber benchmark goes of witnessing sleep, I prefer to just sleep when I am asleep (ha-ha), though since letting go the thought of Maharishi as infallible recently, I've been sleeping much better. Waking state has also improv

[FairfieldLife] Waking Down (was: Re: The Kaplan Money)

2005-05-17 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thank God those hellish free-falls don't last forever, > huh? Nope, in my case, only about a year. A year of trying to fix all the shadow stuff before realizing that all I was doing was seeking yet another magic pil