On Oct 20, 2005, at 8:54 AM, authfriend wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> >> On Oct 19, 2005, at 11:15 PM, authfriend wrote: >> >> >>> My point was, and still is, that although you mentioned >>> TM as if it were an example of what you went on to >>> describe, that description in fact had nothing to do >>> with TM in terms of how it is practiced or the theory >>> Maharishi teaches. >>> >>> And you should have made that clear. >>> >> >> It wasn't about TM, it was about Shamatha and >> knowledge/ascertainment. >> > > Vaj, you said TM was a form of Shamatha, which implied > that everything you went on to say applied to TM. > > All you needed to do was to preface your discussion > with, "This isn't what is taught in the TM context, > but other traditions say..."
Actually "patched placement" is the basic TM method. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/