--- Peter wrote: > > According to the Sri Tantra (i think its that one) the > bija mantras used in TM are the seed form of specific > devatas(Saraswati and Lakshmi). The effect of the > mantra, according to MMY, would be two-fold. The > enlivening of that specific value of nature in one's > life through mantra and transcendance into valueless > Atman. But does this make TM a religion? I don't think > so. Quasi-religious? Perhaps.
If someone could measure and replicate the effects of the mantras, that would go a long way to removing them from the religious realm. That's why I'm disappointed that Maharishi abandoned his interest in science, and that true believers never embraced a truly disinterested approach to research. Irony of the day: The quasi-religious nature of the TM organization, in its zeal to prove TM scientific, doomed the techniques to quasi-religious status. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/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/
