You never will in a TM context, but if you study some of Milton Erickson, Bandler and Grinder and other related sources you will find that each part of a TM initiation has a well studied neurolinguistic effect which in this case is very effective at producing a self transcending accessing cue which accesses an experience at a primal (original) level prior to subsequent conditioning.
> Nope. It's not necessarily what *TM* is, either. I don't > know where johnt picked up this purported explanation, > but I've never encountered it in the TM context. > > > ________________________________ > > From: johnt <johnlasher20002000@> > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Saturday, November 5, 2011 11:17 AM > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] WHY TM CAN'T BE LEARNED FROM A BOOK > > > > Why TM can't be learned from a book > > > > A TM initiation alters the brainwave pattern of the one performing the > > puja. When the teacher then passes on the mantra to the person learning > > meditation he also passes on a brainwave state by a process know in > > neurophysiology as entrainment. Brainwave entrainment or "brainwave > > synchronization," is any practice that aims to cause brainwave frequencies > > to fall into step with a periodic stimulus having a frequency corresponding > > to the intended brain-state. This is only one of the Neuro effects of a TM > > initiation which is a very well crafted design of several which lead to a > > self transcending effect of the mantra. >