--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" <whynotnow7@...> wrote: > > It is a different kind of meditation Vaj. There is never an attempt to > discern the object clearly with TM. > > The focus in TM, if you can call it that, is on the movement of the widening > of the container of consciousness, not on any object within it. The dynamic > of consciousness expansion is the focus, if you can call it that, in the > front of the mind. > > Because consciousness is always moving, there is no object to discern. The > mechanics are quite different from what you are describing, Vaj. > > During the practice of TM, The mantra is appreciated over time, at random > intervals of attention, shedding its own soft light on whatever state of > consciousness we find ourselves in, and on whatever random thoughts may be > associated with that. That flow of attention from the mantra to thoughts or > no thoughts, and back, is not to be appreciated or judged, but just easily > experienced. > > Less structured. More holistic, outside of logic, unless we want to include > discrimination between this and that without judgment, as logic. > > You are just describing a different form of meditation.:-)
You are talking to contemporay Buddhists who haven't got a clue. :-)
