navashok: > Where does the TM technique come from? > >From India and the Vedas? LoL!
According to Mircea Eliade, only the rudiments of classic Yoga are to be found in the Vedas, and while shamanism and other techniques of ecstasy are documented among other Indo-European people, "Yoga is to be found only in India and in cultures influenced by Indian spirituality" (102). Work cited: 'Yoga : Immortality and Freedom' by Mircea Eliade Princeton University Press, 1970 Read more: Subject: A decomposition of practice ertswhile abusers lore Author: Willytex Newsgroups: alt.meditation.transcendental Date: February 6, 2005 http://tinyurl.com/ykqy7zh Other titles of interst: 'Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy' by Mircea Eliade Princeton University Press; 2004 'The Yoga Tradition: Its History, Literature, Philosophy and Practice' by Georg Feuerstein and Ken Wilbur Hohm Press, 2001
