--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "biosoundbill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think that the advanced techniques in TM where additional > syllables are added to the mantra are not as powerful as the basic > TM technique. > > The reason I say this is because in the basic TM technique one is > meditating twice daily with the purest, most intense form of a > mantra. >
I would disagree. The full dharani, the "chain" of mantra and it's bija is the most profound expression of mantra. One is the seed and one is the "tree". It is only then that we can differentiate and experience the different levels of the mantra (vyapini, unmana, samana, etc.) consciously and under will. Failing that we never completely transcend the mind but instead simply arrive at what appears like a thought-free state. But vrittis are still present at this rudimentary state. This thought-free state can be quite addictive and people tend to get stuck there because of this. It's also important that the initate has the dhyana-vidhi of the devata as that potentializes the ability to actualize the mantra-shakti and communicate with that energy as all-pervasive outside of meditation.
