To me TM seems to be a major form of emotional & attitudinal castration

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, " docspeed2001 "

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> I knew Ken for a year before he took TM.

 

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> Ken CHANGED from being a valuable person and a go-getter to being a couch

potatoe.

 

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> I do now that Ken TOTALLY CHANGED HIS 'ATTENTION', his focus on what was

important to him.

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> Pretty soon NOT A THING that used to be important to him had any value. It was

all of no importance.

 

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> I chose to go a different way with my mind training after seeing what happened

to Ken.

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> I chose to learn hypnosis and self-hypnosis.

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> When NLP came out I chose to learn it.

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> When Silva Mind Control came out I chose to learn it.

>

> John La Tourrette, PhD

 

Hi Doc,

 

What you've written about TM recently (and in the past) makes a lot of sense to

me. I know someone who has gone on countless meditation retreats in the US,

Australia and India, and she's still 'screwed up'. Having said that though, 3

years ago she was flat broke, but met a billionaire (younger than herself), who

left her with over $1,000,000 when he got tired of her behaviour. Not sure how

that one worked, but now she at least has enough money to keep going to retreats

for the rest of her life, even though they don't seem to make her any happier.

 

I can't say that I've practised meditation consistently enough to notice

anything more than a 'quietening of the mind' effect - I've certainly felt much

more benefit from doing the Silva Centering Drill (heightened perception,

intuition and centeredness). But one benefit of regular meditation that I keep

reading about is the quietening of the mind that I just mentioned - supposedly

meditation reduces the mind chatter that gets in the way of 'clear thinking'.

 

To be more specific, if I have worries and doubts about a situation, regular

meditation is supposed to reduce the frequency and strength of those thoughts,

thus leading to clearer thinking. I guess the flip side that you warn against is

that is may also reduce the strength of the positive energies as well. If that's

the case, what is a good method for obtaining a 'clearer' mind? Would it be as

simple as going to level and instructing the mind to 'let go of all worry about

X'?

 

I often read about meditation being highly beneficial, so do you have a

preferred way of doing this without the negative side effects you wrote about

above?

 

I'll very interested in your input. Thanks!

 

Peter