--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" LEnglish5@ wrote:
> >
> > There's nothing wrong with mindfulness practices, but given a
> > choice between doing TM twice a day, or doing mindfulness
> > practices twice a day, I'd recommend TM.
> >
> > Mindfulness and concentrative techniques have their benefits,
> > as Maharishi liked to say, but such techniques tend to
> >
> > 1) suppress the functioning of the parts of the brain having to
> > do with sense of self, thereby reinforcing the "no self" perspective
> > promoted by Buddhism;
> >
> > 2) tend to fragment the functioning of the brain.
> >
> > TM, on the other hand, enhances the functioning of the brain
> > having to do with sense of self, and unifies the connectivity of
> > between the self-centers of the brain, and the rest of teh brain,
> > thereby reinforcing teh "self is everything" perspective promoted
> > by advait vedanta.
> >
> > TM tends to have greater positive effects on stress-related issues
> > such as anxiety and high blood pressure than mindfulness and
> > concentrative techniques do. Mindfulness tends to have greater
> > effects on, well, mindfulness-related issues.
> >
> > Concentration, in and of itself, doesn't do much good for anyone,
> > though the brand of concentration called "compassion meditation"
> > tends to make one feel and behave more compassionately towards
> > other people. But, again, that's a task-specific outcome.
> >
> > TM isn't a task per se and anything positive associated with its
> > "practice" can be explained in terms of stress management ("Yoga
> > is the subsidence of mind fluctuations" [that are brought about
> > by the impressions from past experiences that give rise to mental
> > activity inappropriate for the present moment]} -Yoga Sutras, I,
> > 2) and strengthening the nervous system so that new stresses are
> > likely to take hold.
>
> That's a pretty nice sum-up of what concentration and Buddhist-
> techniques in general are all about. Well done !
Two incredibly ignorant posts, one reply. Do less, accomplish more.
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