--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip> > As to whether the mantra "works" any better as > a vehicle of meditation in either case, I have > to say that I have seen no evidence that there > is any difference at all. I have known people > who received a "cavalier" mantra thrown out in > a public lecture and have transcended deeply on > it immediately, and consistently afterwards. > And I have known people who have received a > "pomp and circumstance" mantra and who are still > not sure, after decades, that they've ever > transcended at all. > > So my opinion (and that's all it is) is that the > choice of mantra and the manner in which it is > transmitted are not nearly as important as some > traditions make it out to be.
This doesn't really make the grade as a logical conclusion, any more than you could conclude, based on the observation that different people react differently to the same medication, that which medication you take is not all that important.
