--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante <[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. > > > > Over 20 years ago, I introduced a friend to TM. He took to it like > a > > duck to water, and made many very positive changes in his life. > > > > During the last 10 years he got two advanced techniques, and then > > about 2 years ago stopped TM completely. > > > > I asked why, as I noticed he wasn't his usual happy self. He told > me > > that he never transcended since getting the advanced techniques, > and > > felt that his meditation was no longer working! > > > > As he told me his mantra, in fact he now tells everyone his mantra, > > and openly mocks TM as a complete con job his anger of course. > > > > His original mantra was shiring pronounced something like shear-ing. > > > > After two advanced techniques his new mantra was Shree Shring > > Namah note that the shiring was contracted back to shring. > > > > I suggested to him that he return to his original mantra, and start > > meditating again, but no way meditation is no longer part of his > > life! > > > > Sometime back I discovered the meaning of my mantra, and heard an > > audio of it on this site - > > > > http://www.sanskrit- > > sanscrito.com.ar/english/sanskrit_sacredmantras/sacredmantras1.html > > > > I feel a whole lot better knowing who my Ishta Devata is, and what > > the energy of her mantra is for. > > It has not affected the effortlessness of my meditations, if > > anything it has enhanced it. > > > > Namaste, > > > > Billy > > > > > ************** > > A lot of people got their advanced techniques too early, which is > probably why the advanced techniques were de-emphasized for many > years (I'm quite sure that people tended to falsely answer the > questions in the advanced technique interview out of ambition or out > of delusion about their experiences). The analogy used in talking > about advanced techniques was that of a gardener tending to a plant: > fertilize the plant too early or at the wrong time, and you could > slow the development of the plant. > > The advanced techniques were intended to slow down transcendence, to > allow people to develop familiarity with the subtle levels of life on > the way to the transcendent, thus enabling a richer experience when > Cosmic Consciousness was gained, but slowing down the growth of those > people who were not really stress-free enough to benefit from > advanced techniques. > > So your friend could have gotten the advanced techniques too early, > but possibly he was just doomed to be crunched by this miserable > Kaliyuga environment anyway regardless of the timeliness of the > advanced techniques, which does not allow people to be happy. > Stronger meditators (those whose awareness is developed enough to > withstand the anti-happiness environment) keep on with TM through > thick and thin; weaker meditators will just have to wait on the > sidelines until Satyuga rushes in, and maybe they'll stick around...
Sounds right to me!
