On Feb 20, 2011, at 9:54 AM, blusc0ut wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajradhatu@...> wrote: >> >> >> On Feb 20, 2011, at 8:13 AM, nablusoss1008 wrote: >> >>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajradhatu@> wrote: >>> >>> When I learned mantra-yoga from others after TM, they taught that >>> ajapa-japa: effortless constant "non-repetition" mantra repetition 24/7 was >>> the goal of mantra yoga. Really a fine, constant stream of >>> mantra-as-awareness where it is never lost, never forgotten. >>> >>> In other words; no transcendence. >>> Thought so. >> >> >> Actually full transcendence, not stuck in a laya (TM) and merely >> transcending part of the mind. TM would be kind of an entry level practice >> prior to mastery of ajapa-japa. It's simply a level of practice not taught >> in the TM Org. >> > Maharishi quite clearly expressed this himself, when he said that the normal > transcending in TM is hazy, not the real and final transcending.
He actually said that? Can you recall a source? > > Quite frankly I suspect that this is the reason why the movement is > discontinued - at least no expansion is envisioned. Because with the present > material he had, the people with the concepts he created, could not go much > further. I've often felt the same thing. I thought there could be great promise in marrying "Maharishi Vedic Science", which is a college level expansion, with practices of yoga and Vedanta. Perhaps it is SSRS and AoL that is actually expanding it for this lineage? > > It's like this example in the Divine Plan, where the reconstruction team > finshes only one quarter of the street, and continues next time with another > section. He didn't say this for nothing. Very interesting.