Guest guest Posted March 19, 1999 Report Share Posted March 19, 1999 Hey everyone, Anyone with any interest in Transcendental Meditation or just borrowing some mantras from it or information about it, may enjoy this page: http://minet.org/ "Meditation Information Network" Just mentioning because I found it an interesting site to browse. It's actually a critical site trying to find falsehood with TM and Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, which to me is a good thing. In falsehood are often hidden large gems of truth, and some of the mantras listed are VERY resonant and very nice. For those who don't want to bother with the whole site, try these pages: http://www.trancenet.org/secrets/mantras.shtml http://minet.org/mantras.html ----- The CORE of Reality awaits you at: http://www.eskimo.com/~fewtch/ND/index.html - Poetry, Writings, Live Chat on spiritual topics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 19, 1999 Report Share Posted March 19, 1999 On Fri, 19 Mar 1999 02:36:08 -0800 Tim Gerchmez <fewtch writes: >Tim Gerchmez <fewtch > > >Hey everyone, > >Anyone with any interest in Transcendental Meditation or just >borrowing some mantras from it or information about it, may enjoy this >page: > >http://minet.org/ > >"Meditation Information Network" > >Just mentioning because I found it an interesting site to browse. >It's actually a critical site trying to find falsehood with TM and >Maharishi >Mahesh Yogi, which to me is a good thing. In falsehood are often >hidden >large gems of truth, and some of the mantras listed are VERY resonant >and very nice. > >For those who don't want to bother with the whole site, try these >pages: > >http://www.trancenet.org/secrets/mantras.shtml >http://minet.org/mantras.html > For whatever it's worth, the "official" TM organization and the practice's nominal inventor, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, maintain that one cannot even approximate the practice through such "back door" means -- as I understand it, the whole sequence of receiving ones "personal" mantra and having ones meditation "checked" by a teacher is viewed as intrinsic and indispensible to TM's efficacy. Although I can't personally buy into that position, there *is* an aspect of many formalized meditation techniques where the form and sequence of receiving a mantra ("initiation") and relating to ones teacher does have an important role, so there might be some merit to this particular "official" stance if one is seriously considering practicing TM as it was designed/intended. That said, "official" TM is fairly pricey and many aspects of the organization behind it *are* questionable, so it's hard to blame folks for looking into it via the "back door"....welcome to the world of "spiritual warez!" http://www.users.uniserve.com/~samuel/brucemrg.htm http://www.users.uniserve.com/~samuel/brucsong.htm m(_ _)m _ _________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 19, 1999 Report Share Posted March 19, 1999 Dear Bruce: You have brought up some noteworthy points in what you've written below. Spiritual politics and business being what it is - it can be tricky working with initiation. However, it is important to know what one is doing when he decides to work with mantra. Sanskrit is like a mathematical formula and each letter or sound will stimulate a different petal on the chakras thereby influencing the 72,000 nadis that run throughout the physical as well as etheric, casual bodies and the chakras themselves. Fortunately, there are many tapes now available as well as an inexpensive program from the American Sanskrit Institute. I believe that if one is sincere in their practice and pure in their intent eventually the 'teacher within' will lead one to the proper mantras. Before that point though it is well worth it to attend workshops, read intelligently and use the knowledge obtained wisely. There are many issues within the TM movement - it is interesting that the initiation mantras given out are always based on one's age. That does not belittle the practice that a person undertakes - I believe it just once again drives home the point that surrender and sincerity are the best guideposts on the journey. Linda > >For whatever it's worth, the >"official" TM organization >and the practice's nominal inventor, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, maintain that one cannot even approximate the practice through such "back door" means -- as I understand it, the whole sequence of receiving ones "personal" mantra and having ones meditation "checked" by a teacher is viewed as intrinsic and indispensible to TM's efficacy. Although I can't personally buy into that position, there *is* an aspect of many formalized meditation techniques where the form and sequence of receiving a mantra ("initiation") and relating to ones teacher does have an important role, so there might be some merit to this particular "official" stance if one is seriously considering practicing TM as it was designed/intended. That said, "official" TM is fairly pricey and many aspects of the organization behind it *are* questionable, so it's hard to blame folks for looking into it via the "back door"....welcome to the world of "spiritual warez!" http://www.users.uniserve.com/~samuel/brucemrg.htm http://www.users.uniserve.com/~samuel/brucsong.htm m(_ _)m _ _________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ------ We have a new web site! Onelist: The leading provider of free email community services Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 22, 1999 Report Share Posted March 22, 1999 Dear Linda, Thank you for the thoughtful post of a few days ago--a bit of which is snipped below. Jill At 11:46 AM 3/19/99 -0500, you wrote: >There are many issues within the TM movement - it is interesting that the >initiation mantras given out are always based on one's age. That does not >belittle the practice that a person undertakes - I believe it just once >again drives home the point that surrender and sincerity are the best >guideposts on the journey. > >Linda >_ > >_________________ >You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. >Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html >or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] > >------ >We have a new web site! > >Onelist: The leading provider of free email community services > > >------ >Have you visited our new web site? > >Onelist: Helping to create Internet communities > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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