On Apr 18, 2006, at 5:30 AM, sparaig wrote: > > > I suspect that what you call transcending is not the same as what > > > TMers call transcending. Given that TMers don't report > transcending > > > during TM until after-the-fact, this is hardly surprising... > > > > It'd probably depend on what *style* of shamatha you were doing. > For > > ex. there is a form of shamatha that traces the seed syllable back > to > > it's source--silence--much like TM. > > > > TM *can* do this. Is this the goal of this style of meditation, or is > it merely a description of an idealized outcome?
It's just one of the styles of shamatha, that's all--the beginning part. Don't get so stuck in your paradigm. ------------------------ 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/
