--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on 5/19/05 8:04 AM, Vaj at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > On May 19, 2005, at 8:49 AM, claudiouk wrote: > > > >> For comparison's sake, what then would be the instructions for a truly > >> effortless, "formless" meditation? > > > > Probably impossible to describe by typing. If often requires a type of > > "pointing out" instruction whereby the enlightened condition is > > introduced and then "pointed out". Not everyone one will get this. Some > > can, some can't. > > Haven't had a chance to read you essay yet, but at Estes Park Maharishi > pointed out that there really was some effort in TM. He quoted the Vedas as > saying, "Be easy to us with gentle effort."
PYS I 12: abhyaasa-vairaagyaabhyaaM tan-nirodhaH Taimni's translation: Their [of the vRtti-s] suppression (is brought about) by persistent practice and non-attachment. I 13: tatra sthitau yatno 'bhyaasaH /abhyaasa/ is the *effort* [yatnaH] for being firmly established in that state (of /citta-vRtti-nirodha/, i.e, yoga). To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
