--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Aug 15, 2005, at 3:08 PM, authfriend wrote: > > > > > Search for the paragraph beginning "Such a reversal..." > > > and read from there to the section "Growth of the > > > Transcendental Meditation Program." If that's too > > > much of a burden, search for the paragraph beginning > > > "By the process of comparing..." and read down to > > > the quote from his address at Maharishi Nagar. > > > > Yeah, again really nothing new or extraordinary. > > It's "new" as far as the various theories that have > been brought up here are concerned. > > > Again, there has to be a source > > Why does there have to be a source other than MMY > himself? > > >, and I think I know what that source is/was. To be certain I > > would need to know more details. Bottom line is he chose manasika- > > japa, a very common technique. > > He chose mental mantra meditation, yes, we all > know that. That's like saying Mercedes-Benz > chose to make cars. > > The issue is whether his version of mental mantra > meditation is different from those already being > taught, and whether those differences are MMY's > unique contribution.
Of course, MMY doesn't claim that you can't learn effortless meditation from some other teacher, only that the wide-spread traditions of meditation have all deteriorated. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
