--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ingegerd" > > <marwincornyarmand@> wrote: > [...] > > > When I learned TM (Deep Meditation) in 1962, by the first > > meditation > > > teacher in Norway, we learned to concentrate about the Mantra. > Some > > > years after - the instruction became "Don't concentrate", and the > > > checking points came out. > > > Ingegerd > > > > > > > > > > > Interesting, since even Hermit in My House, written in 1959, talks > > about the ease of meditation,IIRC. > > > > Ihave the 1979 edition, not the original 1967 edition. The events > described took place in1959, but the book wasn't written until 8 > years later. MMY's meditation is described as simple, and he is > quoted as saying that one should think the mantra "as innocently as a > child" in the context of meaning. >
More suggestions that MMY's lectures certainly *implied* that his meditation technique was easy, again from the 1979 edition, but allegedly quoting a 1959 lecture: "We do not make an effort to get rid of darkness. Only shine a bright light and the darkness goes by itself." --MMY, 1959, quoted in _Maharishi at 433_, p. 26 "Wandering isn't the nature of of the mind. The nature of the mind is to settle down in bliss. It is natural for the mind to enjoy more. Only it needs direction to find the right place. Only a matter of turning within... to the Kingdom of Heaven within, as Lord Christ has said." --ibid, p 37. "...and the way is easy, quick, the jet age. No need to take a long time. Only the right technique is needed." --ibid, p 38. Appendix C is the transcript of an entire lecture by MMY at USC in 1959. Lots of references to modern TM teaching, such as turing the mind inward to allow the mind to find fulfillment heading towards bliss, rather than attempting to force it in certain direction, etc. If the teacher in 1962 used a word like "concentration" as in "forced" to instruct in TM, obviously the translation was VERY bad at that time since that goes against everything that I can find documented about what MMY says about his technique in 1959. ------------------------ 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/
