Transcendental Meditation
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- Scotch_Roman0
I'm finding more and more that prayer can be a wonderful form of meditation. Rather than being constantly bothered with my laundry list of complaints, perceived needs and desires, I think God mainly just wants me to enjoy him.
In prayer, this means quiet, still reflection on who he is, and simple enjoyment of his presence, rather than rattling off a thank-you list or a bunch of requests, as if he were some sort of cosmic DJ. Besides, according to the writings of Paul, the Holy Spirit constantly intercedes on our behalf "...with groanings too deep for words."
I usually can't feel his presence because my mind is so filled with noise and occupied with my own selfish pursuits. When I turn off the noise and slow down, only then can I be at peace.
- him? or t + hem?son
- you know, them, all of em, us...son
- Father, Son, Holy Spirit. The holy Trinity, three in one. No other.Scotch_Roman
- philipdrumman0
you need a lightsaber for this
and there are rules
- flyingnowhere0
a flotation tank is nice for this
- CrazyEddie0
In 1971 and I was an under achieving senior in a middle American High School when I saw a funny looking poster with a picture of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on it and a lecture on Transcendental Meditation was announced for the next day in the school auditorium.
The speaker was a young man in a suit who spoke serenely of the silence deep within us and of the simple mental technique by which we could experience it and enjoy its benefits in our day to day life.
I attended the seven step course and boy was it great. I experienced a deep, sweet indescribable silence right on the day I learned. Right away my life began to change. Not because of any information I was given but because of the beautiful experience of deep inner silence that I now experienced twice a day as I practiced my Transcendental Meditation in the privacy of my bedroom.
Suddenly my life became hopeful again and I was full of enthusiasm for it. Immediately my grades improved and I was accepted to college. After a few months I spontaneously quit smoking and became a vegetarian. I entered college, made the Deans List and met a beautiful young girl whose passions were oil painting and Italian food. She also learned TM and we meditated together every chance we got.
- fiver0
i figured as much
- scarabin0
calling it "transcendental" mediation is the first sign that it's not for youthinking you have to pay for it is the second
posting about it on a design forum is the third
read "the middle pillar" by israel regardie and come back
- fiver0
i'll just keep drinking i guess...
- raf0
I still think you don't have to pay (that much) for meditation
- sea_sea0
pranic healing has some cool meditations... go to meditate now and you can download some guided meditations. i'm sure you'll love the intro too! LOL.
http://www.pranichealingoc.com
- sea_sea0
^ you shouldn't have to pay at all for meditation! i understand tithing and giving donations for what you receive, but a 2k price tag?? no thank you.
- grunttt0
a friend of mine is very much into meditation. On occasion she will literally meditate all night instead of sleeping. You would never guess this if you met her face to face. She's quite normal, good looking, happily married and a mother of 2.
that shit ain't for me though.
- son0
- wwiz0
I've being doing research in that field for myself for a couple of time and I was not able to cope the fact you had to pay so much for TM. My conclusion came that is simply a gimmick for what should be free, I dont know why somebody had the stupidity of trademarking meditation...
TM meditation is simply meditation by repeating a mentra as the object of focus, as you can also meditate by focusing on the respiration or also simply concentrate on a candle flame. The goal of all meditation is to focus in one way and calm the monkey mind.
When you achieve it, it act like a mental flush or a clean reboot of the mind, all the background processing shut down (If i use a computer metaphore)
For the mentra meditation, the trick is you can choose whatever mentra you want as long as the word don't represent something you know and create a image and then start the flow again.
Here what I found if you want to understand the technique (that's extremely simple) and follow a tutorial. They charge a couple buck (I think is 25$) and they let you download a tutorial with a mp3 to understand the speed of the pronunciation of the mentra.
http://www.natural-stress-relief…
The web site look cheesy but I did order it and I found it great for starting to understand how to practice long time ago.
Hope it help,
Cheers.
- armsbottomer0
Thich Nhat Hanh is pretty badass. he doesn't focus on transcendental meditation, but rather teaches about everyday mindfulness practices. also, the david lynch book mentioned above, "catching the big fish", is quite good as well.
- son0
- hey look, it's sondouchenozzle
- thats me? well, yeah, I do try, just like him...son
- skt0