On Jan 5, 2011, at 4:54 PM, whynotnow7 wrote: > Seems to me that if folks are toadying and confirming their devotion during > the practice of TM with Advanced Techniques, then they aren't meditating > correctly...gently return to the mantra and all that. > > In terms of my experience, the mantra is like peanut butter, so I already had > enough peanut butter on my sandwich, and didn't want to smear more on wrt the > advanced techniques. Plus the contrast between the 65 bucks I paid for the > basic technique and the 200 they wanted for an AT didn't seem like a good > deal at all. > > As for devotion, someone said that in the midst of unity duality is created > for the enjoyment of experiencing devotion. That pretty well sums it up for > me. > > I don't know whether God is real to me. The term "God" is pretty amorphous > anyway, similar to discussions about what "enlightenment" means. So I tend to > focus on one deity at a time - lol. Are they real? I don't know. They feel > like it to me. On the other hand, perhaps they are wholly created imaginings > of mine, solely created for me to experience and enjoy humility, > thankfulness, gratitude, unconditional love, etc. Who knows? > > Which is not to say that those relationships are a substitute or a measuring > stick for the rest of my life. Its like having an inner life and an outer > life, and the way they blend together. That's what the whole "God" thing is > for me. Its something I am aware of, yet don't ever fully comprehend. More > like pure experience, like boogy boarding on a wave- without thinking about > how the tides create the wave from the pull of the moon, etc.
YAWN. Jim, shut up before you make an even bigger fool of yourself. Don't you ever get tired of hearing the sound of your own lonely keyboard? Sal
