--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" <anartaxius@...> wrote: > > While I do not want to get into this particular sparring match > between MJ and JS about whether TM is a devotional practice or > not,
What Michael and I are actually "sparring" about is Michael's unwillingness--or inability--to address the case emptybill made that TM is not a devotional practice. > the following link points to a few pages of Maharishi's Theory > of Spiritual development from 1955, which is the earliest > document I know of that describes his system of meditation. Actually the link doesn't "point to" anything. It doesn't work (HTTP 404). > This is a PDF document, an excerpt from 'Beacon Light of the > Himalayas'. And I'll just bet it's the excerpt in which Maharishi says: "...We find that any sound can serve our purpose of training the mind to become sharp. But we do not select any sound like 'mike', flower, table, pen, wall etc. because such ordinary sounds can do nothing more than merely sharpening the mind; whereas there are some special sounds which have the additional efficacy of producing vibrations whose effects are found to be congenial to our way of life. This is the scientific reason why we do not select any word at random. For our practice we select only the suitable mantras of personal Gods. Such mantras fetch to us the grace of personal Gods and make us happier in every walk of life." Right? > Because the TMO did not exist then, and this was published without a > copyright, I will assume it is in the public domain. > > http://bit.ly/YQmNKW >
