Beth, There is a book published in 1983, TM: An Aid to Christian Growth, which contains several essays by Catholic priests, all of whom were meditators, which tackle the very questions you raise here. The book was based on papers given during a week-long workshop attended by Catholic TMers. It's written in accessible, non-scholarly style. There are some cheap used copies available on Amazon US. The editor is Adrian B. Smith.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Beth Cook <bethcook84@...> wrote: > > Thank you for your post. > I've looked through some > of the previous posts and > it looks like a very lively > forum:-). > > I'm a mother of 6 and I have > been meditating for 4 months. > My meditation leaves me very > relaxed and happy. > > One problem I have is ending the > meditation at 20 minutes. After > meditating for a few minutes > I seem to drift off somewhere > and before I know it 90 minutes > have gone by. > > My husband usually brings me > round by turning on ESPN at > full volume. He's angry I started > meditating without his permission. > > I've asked my initiator and she > said its not a big problem. She > just told me to look at my watch more > often. This has not worked yet. Any ideas? > > Also I'm trying to get my husband to > start meditating but he is a devote Catholic > and says TM is a form of Hinduism. I've told > him that's nonsense but he's still not > convinced. Any thoughts, I know > it would be very good for him. > > > ________________________________ > From: curtisdeltablues <curtisdeltablues@...> > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Wednesday, August 3, 2011 1:26:21 PM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: I'm a new meditator > > >  > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Beth Cook <bethcook84@> wrote: > > > > My name is Beth, I'm from Canada. > > I was just initiated into Transcendental Meditation > > and I just joined Fairfield Life. I'm hoping to learn > > more about meditation but I'm concerned my > > questions have already been discussed. Should I look > > in the Fairfield Life archives or can I just post my questions? > > Fire away Beth. We repeat ourselves all the time so no problem there! > > I hope you know that this is not an official TM information site, so the > responses will not necessarily represent the TM party line. Official TMers > place a high value on meditators maintaining their innocence about their > practice. "Innocence" is not a high value virtue for most of the posters here. > > I hope that helps you orient to the place and welcome. > > >
