--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, kaladevi93 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "biosoundbill" <smithybill@> 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.
Well, yes and no, that may be intellectually true but *experientially* unless the meditator is advanced it can have a slowing down of transcending per my experience! C. Lutes used to explain it like the difference between a leaf falling from a tree (advanced) and a rock falling to the bottom of a lake (simple mantra), again depending on your level of advancement. I also noticed a difference in my meditation right after the third technique-I went back to the original plus one which worked best for me! I also feel very comfortable with the devatas associated with the mantras. TM, IMO is not a diksha Initiation but a common power/sound vibration Initiation, the power is the sound itself and it serves merely as a vehicle............... >
