--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mar 23, 2008, at 4:15 PM, authfriend wrote: > > > It was a vague generic term, Sal, that could have > > referred to many types of meditation, or to a general > > class of meditation techniques, anything that led one > > "beyond" everyday life, however one wanted to define > > it--maybe superficial and silly, maybe complex and > > very serious, or anything in between. > > > > I'm suggesting MMY stuck in "deep" because he wanted > > to make what he called his meditation technique specific > > and to differentiate it from whatever anybody else had > > in mind when they used the general term "transcendental > > meditation." > > > > This really isn't rocket science. > > OK, Judy. I don't personally remember encountering the term > before TM, but it's possible I did and just don't remember. I > definitely don't remember "transcendental deep meditation" > (whew, what a mouthful) at all.
I think that's what he uses in both SBAL and his Gita translation/commentary, actually. > Spare makes an interesting point about not being able to find > any written references pre-MMY, though. You wouldn't be likely to find something that early on the Web. I did find material from the Hare Krishnas' guru that used it for his technique. The page wasn't dated, but the guru was of about the same vintage as MMY.
