--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > > > > Yeah, but what does it mean to "sit easily"? > > > > In hypnotic language theory > > Look, if you're going to start claiming TM is > hypnosis, forget it.
I was using a description of the language used. That is how I understand it's "meaning". It is a specific language form that is shared by all instructions meant to shift a person's attention. It is found in meditation instructions and also hypnosis. If you feel confident that you are clear on the differences in the end states fine. I am not pitching my POV, I was answering your question. I don't believe that scientists know enough about either states to be sure of anything at this point, so I am not saying meditation IS hypnosis. But when it's instructions share the language form I notice it. We do know something about the effect of non specific instructions on people. They fill in their own meaning. > > > it is a non specific instruction. It's > > meaning will be some version of "chill" that the person decides for > > themself. It is better than "relax' which can cause an oppositional > > reflex. > > > > What does it mean for you? > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > > > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Actually that isn't the first instruction. The > > > > *very* first instruction is, "Sit easily." > > > > > > > > What does that mean? > > > > > > > > I would welcome a discussion about TM and other meditations. I > am > > > > rethinking this area. I think you might have found a lot of > TTC a > > > > pain in the ass Judy. but I think you would have really enjoyed > > > > teaching. It was a lot of fun. MMY really did create a mass > > > > produced service that did deliver. Mostly it was the > memorization > > > > which, as you know as a checker was relentless. In fact your > > > > experience as a checker is a perfect background for making > > > > distinctions that I am interested in. > > > > > > For the record, I was never certified as a checker. > > > I did take checker training and was working toward the > > > exam, but something intervened, I can't remember what, > > > and I never took it up again. > > > > > > > I've been doing some meditation lately. I am experimenting with > > > > not using the mantra. In past discussions you thought that > > > > perhaps it was going on unconsciously, and I really have no > answer > > > > for that. It could be. But specifically I've just been > sitting, > > > > noticing my breath and when my mind goes off in a thought,and I > > > > remember, I come back to noticing my breath. So sitting easily > is > > > > key. > > > > > > Yeah, but what does it mean to "sit easily"? I had > > > a comment I wanted to make about TM's uniqueness, and > > > that was kind of my starting point. > > > > > > (Not to dismiss the rest of what you said; I just don't > > > have anything to add to it right now.) > > > > > >
