--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't "come back to" the mantra. The instant I > realize my attention hasn't been on it, I find that > my attention is on it again. > > It's a cycle that repeats automatically, entirely > spontaneously, throughout the meditation period, until > the thought arises, again spontaneously, that I've > been experiencing this cycle for 20 minutes. Then > the cycle stops, also spontaneously. > > Where is the effort?
Just having recently visited Ramesh Balsekar in Bombay, he writes about his own state: "Whenever there are a few moments (between two happenings), I find myself doing one of three things: either I walk briskly for physical exercise, or I lie down and rest, or I sink into a spontaneuos meditation. I have no preference. When I begin the walk or lie down on the bed, japa (Om Namah Shivaya) begins spontaneusly. It really does not seem to matter, one way or the other, wether the interval is five minutes or thirty minutes." ------------------------ 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/