> > On Nov 7, 2011, at 10:17 AM, jpgillam wrote: > > > > > > I've been getting > > > results from the TM puja for 34 years. It > > > stills my mind. I recite it often, for > > > that purpose. > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > > The way we know the TM puja and initiation process acts like a > > placebo is because independent researchers fabricated a faux-TM > > instruction and were able to get the exact same results as TM - > > the same EEG profile and relaxation response, everything. > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > [snip]it's not responsive to Patrick's > experience of getting the same results for 34 years > from *performing* the puja.
I should clarify that I don't have to perform the puja to get results. I sing it aloud or recite it mentally. My most profound experience of the stilling power of the puja occurred when I was learning it on my TM teacher training course. One afternoon upon finishing my rounds I sang the puja as I sat on my bed. Afterward, I had intended to mentally review some other material I was memorizing, but I could not summon a thought. I was awake and alert, but I was mentally constipated. I just stared at the wall for a few minutes before I could get a thought to bubble up. That's when I realized that the purpose of the puja was to shift my center from my thoughts and feelings to the stillness of consciousness itself, which, by the way, is a good definition of a first stage of enlightenment.
