--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > on 11/3/05 3:23 PM, bbrigante at > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > During the proper practice of TM, the mantras are > > indeed meaningless > > > sounds (TM properly practiced has nothing to with > > any meaning one > > > might assign to the mantras, but to their use as a > > vehicle of > > > attention, a sound resonating with the mind in a > > way that leads to > > > transcendence). Outside of the practice of TM, if > > Hindus want to > > > assign meanings to the sounds, that has nothing to > > do with the > > > practice of TM. > > > > Mantras are effective by virtue of the energy and > > intelligence imbued in > > them or associated with them. You tickle a Devata, > > the Devata tickles you > > back. Indians understand this, and I've heard > > Maharishi talk about it. He > > just emphasized the meaningless sound bit to make TM > > palatable in the West. > > But the mantras in TM are, in the usual sense of the > term, meaningless. They don't literally mean anything > in sanscrit (at least the 1st technique). Now, they > are associated with particular devatas or more > accurately thay are the seed-sound form of the devata. > So, they don't mean anything, but they are the devata!
Command you me. The mantra (devata) is there to do your bidding. > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------ 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 > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Yahoo! FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. > http://farechase.yahoo.com > ------------------------ 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/
