--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn <emilymae.reyn@...> wrote: > > Thanks Raunchy. I think this is an interesting critique on the quote - I > like what you said here: > > <snip> > "In TM we don't transcend to escape the body. We transcend to make the body > healthy and the mind blissful." > >
Even the above is misleading. We don't transcend to do (or not do) anything. We transcend (or not) because conditions in our body are such that we transcend (or not). We don't practice TM in order to transcend, but so that we can be more efficient in our activity outside of TM. Full efficiency (or at least, sufficient efficiency) is called "enlightenment." Skill in action. L
