--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson <mjackson74@...> wrote: (snip) > Six - I agree that the simple practice of TM itself can make > one feel refreshed and rested under the right circumstances > (i.e. - the TM meditator generally has to have had a good > night's sleep the night before, can't be hung over, kapha, > pitta and vata has to be balanced just right, has to sleep > in a vastu ved house, had the proper amount of Amrit Kalash > upon arising, had the proper amount of yagyas done that month, > but only by a certified Marshy pundit) with all those > parameters being met, one can feel good after TM.
The better the circumstances, the better one will feel after TM (although I'm dubious that some of the circumstances you list make a significant difference). But it's certainly not the case that one won't feel good unless all those parameters are met. > But this does not happen because there is something special > about TM itself, contrary to what Bobby Roth, David Lynch, > Johnnie Hagelin and all the other TM pimps claim. It happens > because Pure Awareness is natural and we connect with it, we > are it, every minute of every day. Just settling in and > getting quiet or using other mantras or following the breath > will do it. TM people believe TM is superior for one reason - > because Marshy said it was. For TM to be superior, there would > have to be something about the TM mantras that is superior and > there is not. If you believe the TM mantras are superior tell > me how? If it isn't that TM mantras that are superior, then > what is it that makes TM superior? It's the way Maharishi designed TM instruction (and checking) to ensure effortlessness. Not that Oz would have been likely to get this, and not that other techniques don't facilitate connecting with pure awareness. But TM is more efficient in that regard. (Some teachers say the puja makes a difference too.)
