--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" <dhamiltony2k5@...> wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > <Excursion> > > > > > > It seems to me that "introducing" the mantra is much > > > more a matter of putting my attention on it than > > > "thinking" it. In some sense, the mantra is already > > > "there" in the mind. During the half-minute of silence, > > > the attention is sort of wandering around loose, and > > > on some occasions it happens to "land" on the mantra > > > before the half-minute is up, at which point I become > > > aware of it and begin to meditate. > > > > > > "Introducing" it is more like, OK, your attention > > > didn't land on the mantra while it was wandering. > > > That's fine, but now it's time to "aim" at it so you > > > can become aware of it and start meditating. > > > > > > This is obviously my wording and my interpretation > > > based on my experience; nobody should try to emulate > > > it. The actual instructions do a much better, cleaner > > > job of giving the experience of how the mantra should > > > start. > > > > > > <End excursion> > > > > > > Finally, I haven't gone into one facet of this overall > > > discussion, the issue of effortlessness, because I didn't > > > want to distract from nailing down the nature of Vaj's > > > gaffe. Perhaps we can explore it at some point later on. > > > > > > Well done Judy, precise understanding of the checking notes. In the process > > you also make it abundantly clear that Vaj has no experience with TM > > whatsoever. He claims otherwise, but is lying as usual. > > > > His "project" is to denounce TM in any way he can and thus try to sow > > doubts amongst the lurkers here whom he hopes read his yearlong > > anti-TM-campaign. > > > > Yep, > > "Maintain a good routine with healthy food and early bedtime. If you are > sleeping consistently during program, it is an indication that you need more > rest at home." > > Jai Guru Dev, > -Buck
Early bedtime is everything, and though sometimes admittedly sometimes a challenge, should be much easier to accomplish in Fairfield than say Berlin, New York or Paris, and as we know from your expat; Amsterdam. Then again that fellow does no Programme except trying in vain to trash the TMO.
