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> > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Jeff Fischer"
> > > <jeffcandace@>
> > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > MMY and the TMO aside, did (does) the TM technique help
> you?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Although no longer practicing, it did help me at the time.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > My intro lecture -- closely following a short affair
> > > > > > with Zen, which itself followed a longer, more mean-
> > > > > > ingful relationship with psychedelics -- was given
> > > > > > by Maharishi. It was sometime in 1967, at the Greek
> > > > > > Theater in Los Angeles.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > It was probably the standard intro lecture for that
> > > > > > period, but the part I remember most clearly is his
> > > > > > idea of the natural tendency of the mind -- to seek
> > > > > > more. That just rocked for me. Seeking "more" was,
> > > > > > after all, why I was there listening to him. So I
> > > > > > learned to meditate and then I learned to teach
> > > > > > people how to meditate, and along the way I had some
> > > > > > very interesting and profound "more" experiences.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I was happy with them for many years, and then when
> > > > > > "more" began happening less and less, I decided to
> > > > > > beat feet and look for it on the road. I have never
> > > > > > been unable to find it there.
> > > > >
> > > > > But have you found the "more" MMY was actually
> > > > > talking about (as opposed to the "more" you were
> > > > > after)?
> > > >
> > > > But how could anyone answer that? What the hell does "more"
> mean in
> > > > this context save what you assume it does?
> > >
> > > Not sure what you're asking here. But I've never
> > > heard MMY use it the way Barry does ("interesting
> > > and profound 'more' experiences").
> >
> > I see what you're saying. I'll always remember Vincint Snell asking
> what happened when
> > the mantra disappears, and I gave bunches of answers,
> including "nothing." 1 guess as to
> > which was his preferred answer. In this case, "more" is "less."
>
> Yowzah. (Who's Vincint Snell?)
>
Late (I assume) head of the UK TMO. My first Advanced Techniques teacher.
