--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Here below are the results of the survey. First are the statements > from those who had some experience in TM that indicated to them in > some way the existence of higher states of consciousness. Then below > that, the over-whelming majority who indicated they never had any > higher level experiences. > > Experiences of higher states of consciousness: > > Bhairitu "Sure, I had good experiences from TM. I began experiencing > what MMY likes to call CC about a year and a half after starting > TM." (snip scroll down to see his other meditation experiences > alternative explanation) > > Authfriend wrote: > "it's a matter of gradually, steadily, and continuously increasing > transparency, in both meditation and activity. Impossible to say > what the endpoint might be, or whether there would even be an > endpoint." > > Patrick Gillam: > "Once during TM, early in my practice, I had a tenth-of-a-second > flash of everything making sense. It was a hypercondensation of that > good feeling you get when you find something out, or figure > something out. I had heard such experiences described as "aha" > experiences, but mine was too short for that. It was just an "ah!" > experience." > > Shukra 69 > "Pretty much always have a good experience when I do 5-10 minutes of > pranayama first. My experience of Tm is like the description of CC > much of the time now. Had experiences of enormous bliss/good > kundalini experiences in the past but not recently. Likewise CC in > activity. Witnessing sleep several hours a night. Had a Diety vision > like a found murti that I heard described recently, after I saw it > in TM, you can say it is some kind of self suggestion I'm sure. M.D. > said I am in good health -for someone 20 years younger!" > > OffWorld > "I am in a subtle state of bliss maybe 40-50% of the time. I have > had many clear experiences of pure consciousness many times a week > outside of TM, and GC. I often experience bliss during sleep for > many hours, and great waves and zones of power, and am often > surprised when I wake up in the morning feeling unenlightened (oh > well...some experience is good enough)." > > > Many did not answer the survey, which deduction leads one of > following: > > 1. They never had any good experience from TM, and did not > experience higher states of consciousness or glimpses of that. > > 2. They couldn't be bothered answering, and that leads to the > rational deduction that they did not have any experience of worthy > note in TM. > > An overwhelming number of people in their statement of silence on > the matter, thereby can be reasonably concluded to not have gained > any experience of higher states of consciousness through the > practice. (if you wish to counter or add to this deduction using > rational procedures, then please do so)
Some people simply did not bother. 1)Because they question your need to know the experiences of other posters or 2) Because Maharishi always told us not to talk of higher states of consciousness so not to confuse those that are in the beginning stages of the path. For me the reason I did not answer is a combination of both.
