Yes clearly, and requires some spiritual discipline to actually sit up and do it. Some people could expend a little more effort to do this and be a little more regular in their practice too. The science clearly says that would be helpful to themselves and everyone else around them. Helpful, even to the world, -Buck
mdixon.6569 writes: Agreed! Climbing onto the diving board, walking out to the end, and leaning forward, all involve effort, although each step requires less effort. What is effortless, is once the proper angle is achieved, gravity does the rest which is the effortless part. Like wise with TM, sitting down, closing the eyes, settling into the silence, maybe even introducing the mantra, all require some effort although each step is requiring less but once the set-up takes place, transcending is effortless. Forgetting the mantra and ending up in the transcendence required absolutely no effort. punditster observes: On a scale of one to ten, with one being effortless, and ten being maximum effort, I'd say that doing TM is about a 1.1, and sixth level calculus about a 9.9. And, I don't recall anyone ever complaining about basic TM being difficult. Go figure. .
