Fwd: Meditation and technology . . .gimme a hand here. . .

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GuruRatings , " Tony OClery " <aoclery wrote:

 

GuruRatings , Venugopal AK <akvenugopal@>

wrote:

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> wizardsrneverl8 <silentiumaltum@> wrote: Got an email

yesterday from fellow scribbler wondering about the

> emerging technology that " meditates you " while you listen. Briefly,

> he's looking for opinions/experience out of Centerpointe and a

system

> alled Perfect Meditation. I know a little about Centerpointe but

gave

> up on it because of its enormous expense and because Bill Harris,

the

> founder, is just too pushy for my taste. Too many promises. It

becomes

> unbelievable after a while and has an odor of snake oil.

>

> All of this grows from the work of the Monroe Institute years ago

that

> uses sound waves to bring the brain into a different kind of

> entrainment.

>

> Any of you have experiences in this stuff?

>

> Best in the earphones,

>

> David

> ##VG##

> Dear David,

> I have tried the free demo CD from

Centerpointe.com. It do have some effect on the relaxation level but

it is not the real thing that meditation offers. I am living in India

and it is the general belief that if anyone demands money for

instruction in spirituality, it is commerce, not spirituality. At the

same time the seeker is supposed to pay for the services received a

reasonable sum of money.

> The Genuine Guru does not demand any money.

For example all the Vipassana Meditation centers in India provide

free boarding and lodging and meditation instruction for ten days. If

one feels so one can donate some money at the end of the mcourse.

Many of my friends have attended Vipasdsana (Insight) meditation

course and tells me about their excellent experience.

> In the 70s i have seen ads about " Alpha

phone aquarius " , a feed back based device for relaxation, available

in the US. Like an EEG the residual voltage on the brow due to the

brain acitvity is used to modulate the sound wave generated bym an

oscillator. One is supposed to control the pitch of the whistling

sound by ones own mental effort.

> IMHO there is no short cut to spiritual

progress. One has to really work hard with earnestness.

>

Regards

>

Venugopal, Bombay. India

 

 

Namaste,

 

All these music type tapes etc, of which I have some, should be

really termed dharana not meditation/dhyana, for meditation is above

the mind wherein dwells the sounds....Tony.

 

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