--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "mainstream20016"
> <mainstream20016@> wrote:
> >
> > A friend is having very good experiences as a brand new TM
> meditator. I think I recall from
> > an SCI Course tape that a new meditator will remain regular in
his
> TM practise if the new
> > meditator is inspired by, and incorporates, a vision of his
future
> established in higher states
> > of consciousness.
> > What would you suggest to a new meditator that might mitigate the
> tendency of new
> > meditators to abandon the practice ?
> >
>
> *******
>
> By all means the things discussed in the intro/preparatory lecture
> ("a vision of possibilities") are good for keeping new rus regular
in
> meditation, but the biggest factor for people maintaining the
> practice is whether the environment is friendly to the expansion of
> bliss consciousness or not, and it still is not, for the most part,
> although the pundits here and in India are changing that. Jesus
> characterized this tendency to stop spiritual seeking as analogous
to
> a seed planted in a garden that is choked out by weeds,etc or
because
> of a lack of receptivity:
>
> Parable of the Soils
>
> Matt. 13:123; Mark 4:120
>
> And when a great multitude had gathered, and they had
> come to Him
> from every city, He spoke by a parable: "A sower went out to
> sow
> his seed. And as he sowed, some fell by the wayside; and it was
> trampled down, and the birds of the air devoured it. Some fell
> on rock; and as soon as it sprang up, it withered away because it
> lacked
> moisture. And some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up
> with
> it and choked it. But others fell on good ground, sprang up,
> and
> yielded a crop a hundredfold." When He had said these things He
> cried, He who has ears to hear, let him hear!"
>
> Then His disciples asked Him, saying, "What does this
> parable
> mean?"
>
> And He said, "To you it has been given to know the
> mysteries of
> the kingdom of God, but to the rest it is given in parables, that
>
> Seeing they may not see,
>
> And hearing they may not understand.'
>
> Now the parable is this: The seed is the
> word of God. Those by
> the wayside are the ones who hear; then the devil comes and takes
> away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be
> saved. But the ones on the rock are those who, when they
> hear,
> receive the word with joy; and these have no root, who believe for a
> while and in time of temptation fall away. 14
> Now the ones that fell
> among thorns are those who, when they have heard, go out and are
> choked with cares, riches, and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit
> to maturity. But the ones that fell on the good ground are
> those
> who, having heard the word with a noble and good heart, keep it and
> bear fruit with patience.
> *
> This is a brutal and unhappy world, and that influence of negativity
> does not allow people to be happy, so weaker meditators are crushed
> and stop practicing TM. The message of the possibilities of higher
> states of consciousness help to create receptivity to the continuing
> practice of TM, but that negative influence of the environment is
the
> crucial factor for most meditators quitting the practice, although
of
> course they are going to find some excuse for their stopping out of
> ignorance of the true situation.
Very nice. Thanks for posting this.
