--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <noozguru@...> wrote:
>
> On 02/27/2013 04:38 AM, navashok wrote:
> > Is the description from David Lynch's website more honest?
> >
> > Where does the TM technique come from?
> >
> > The Transcendental Meditation technique is thousands of years oldit
> > comes from an unbroken tradition of meditation instruction from ancient
> > India. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi first introduced the technique to the West
> > over 50 years ago. It was Maharishi's idea to subject the TM technique
> > to scientific scrutiny in order to establish its practical benefits to
> > daily life. Maharishi has trained tens of thousands of TM teachers who
> > are providing TM instruction in all parts of the world. In a recent
> > cover story on science and meditation, Time magazine recently credited
> > Maharishi for the revival of meditation and yoga in the U.S. and around
> > the globe.
> >
> > http://www.davidlynchfoundation.org/about-tm.html <Where does the TM
> > technique come from? The Transcendental Meditation technique is
> > thousands of years oldit comes from an unbroken tradition of
> > meditation instruction from ancient India. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi first
> > introduced the technique to the West over 50 years ago. It was
> > Maharishi's idea to subject the TM technique to scientific scrutiny in
> > order to establish its practical benefits to daily life. Maharishi has
> > trained tens of thousands of TM teachers who are providing TM
> > instruction in all parts of the world. In a recent cover story on
> > science and meditation, Time magazine recently credited Maharishi for
> > the revival of meditation and yoga in the U.S. and around the globe.
> > http://www.davidlynchfoundation.org/about-tm.html>
> >
> > Also no picture of Maharishi on the whole website, but a watermark image
> > of David on every page.
> >
> > Where did the TM technique come from?
> >
> > The Transcendental Meditation technique is based on the ancient Vedic
> > tradition of enlightenment in India. This knowledge has been handed down
> > by Vedic masters from generation to generation for thousands of years.
> > About 50 years ago, Maharishi the representative in our age of the
> > Vedic tradition introduced Transcendental Meditation to the world,
> > restoring the knowledge and experience of higher states of consciousness
> > at this critical time for humanity. When we teach the Transcendental
> > Meditation technique today, we maintain the same procedures used by
> > teachers thousands of years ago for maximum effectiveness.
> >
> > http://www.tm.org/meditation-techniques
> > <http://www.tm.org/meditation-techniques>
> >
> > Btw. the www.TM.org <http://www.TM.org> website seems to have received
> > an overhaul.
>
> There is nothing that unique about TM. If you learn some mantra shastra
> you can see that. Maharishi started out with a more conventional
> technique for the masses. The later set of mantras almost look like they
> were inspired by ayurveda. Perhaps Swami Lakshman Joo suggested the
> newer scheme to him.
>
Interesting view. One thing: In India TM was always taught in a different way,
according to the persons Ishta Devata. That means, right from the start,
Maharishi gave more than just two mantras, like initially in the west. Only
after the newspapers in Norway started to write about these two mantras did he
switch to his new scheme.
So you can see two major shifts: From the Indian Ishta devata system to the
western two mantra system, when he went to America, from the two mantra system
to a multi-mantra system in Norway, towards the end of the 60ies. In India
itself the teaching may never have changed.
