--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hugo wrote: > > Interesting article here: > > > > http://mysterytopia.com/2008/07/meditate-on-it.html > > > > It doesn't really explain how mantras came to be > > so powerful, if indeed they are actually different > > from any other randomly chosen sound. > > > Think resonance. It is the resonant qualities of the sound which > determine the effect and the basis for Nada Yoga (the science of > sound). Remember the TM lecture example of scratching your fingernails > on the blackboard as an example of a sound that wouldn't probably make > very good mantra. :)
Proof by analogy is just lame. Using an extreme example proves nothing. There is no detectable difference between sounds like the mantra sounds and any other ordinary word. This is just an claim supported by religious assertion IMO. > > > > Does anyone know what the earliest known mantra > > technique is? Difficult to know but even the > > geographic whereabouts of early spiritual cultures > > would be interesting. > Lost in antiquity but probably not that important. Except if you really wanted to get to the bottom of what the claims are based on. Though the > originators are probably exploring other galaxies and domesticating > creatures they find on those planets with such techniques. ;-) No doubt. Probably in the Land of Hatchey Milatchy There's a wonderful place that you really should see Called the Land of Hatchy Milatchy All boys and girls love this place yes siree Called the Land of Hatchy Milatchy Peppermint candy and ice cream is free In the Land of Hatchy Milatchy Soda pop fountains are under each tree In the Land of Hatchy Milatchy Everyone rides on a-merry-go-round All made of sugar and spice Lollipops grow right out of the ground The moon's made of strawberry ice If you should run and you trip and you fall In the Land of Hatchy Milatchy The ground's made of rubber you bounce like a ball In the Land of Hatchy Milatchy Oh you-play the whole day and you don't go to bed In the Land of Hatchy Milatchy Mommies and Daddies are put there instead In the Land of Hatchy Milatchy Hundreds of bunnies lay Easter eggs In the Land of Hatchy Milatchy Ride on a pony with candy strip legs In the Land of Hatchy Milatchy Each day is always a big holiday Birthdays and parties galore Dollies and bicycles given away Whenever you walk in a store When I return then I never will leave The Land of Hatchy Milatchy If you want to go all you do is believe In the Land of Hatchy Milatchy >
