On 3/28/2014 9:47 AM, TurquoiseBee wrote:
For me, the whole issue of whether TM is effortless comes down to how
its adherents would answer the question: "Does it take effort -- when
you become aware that you have a choice about what to think about --
to decide to think about something else and then do it?"
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This analysis has a major error: if you have already become aware that
you are not thinking the mantra, you don't have to make any decisions
about what to think about, because you are already think it - you don't
have to stop and then make a choice.
If they answer "Yes" to that question, then TM is not effortless,
because that is its literal instruction: "When you become aware that
you are not thinking the mantra, come back to it."
If that process requires effort, then TM is not effortless.
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So, let's nitpick: How much effort, exactly, does it take to think a
mantra? On a scale of one to ten, with totally effortless being one, I'd
say the basic TM practice is a 1.111111111111111111111, with sixth level
calculus being a ten.
