Rusty has FINALLY done a great post!

[Guest guest]

After all these years, Rusty has sort-of silenced the little 'devil' inside his

mind and given a very valid and useful post.

 

I knew that behind all that sarcasm he had some good stuff just waiting to come

forth.

 

Thank you Rusty.

 

John La Tourrette, PhD

 

, " rusty " <lwinmorgan

wrote:

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> To this day, I prefer using my mantra to get to " level " over all the other

methods, three to one, 50 to one, three fingers, any of it. I only need to say

my mantra a few times, and I'm " there. "

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> This, IMO, Jeanne, is the quintessential, positive intent anchoring.

> First: Find the STATE. Whatever method gets you there works.

> [TM is but one method that was designed to introduce meditation to the

masses. Lowest common denominator travels fastest, furthest so I don't knock

it.]

> However, like most on this list it was not my preferred pathway*.

>

> But the fundamentals are sound.

> So after we find the state,

> Then ANCHOR the State.

> Finally: Go there as often as we can for as long as we can.

> Prologue: When it becomes the beaten Path, FORGET IT.**

>

> rusty.

>

> * My personal dicipline is TaiChi/QiGong.

> **Further to " Forget it " I thank Matt Watts for this treasure.

>

> http://mushin.gaia.com/blog/2006/5/the_7_secret_sayings_of_god

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> rty

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> Jeanne Garner

>

> Tuesday, March 31, 2009 5:49 AM

> Re: Another perspective of TM

>

>

> And here's yet another perspective.

>

> I learned TM in the 70s, and I really liked it for around the first six

months. Around that time, I was sitting there doing my mantra and sort of

blissing out, when it occurred to me (seemingly out of the blue) that I was

wasting that deep state of mind by only doing the mantra. It seemed I should be

" doing something. " Voila--the book " The Power of Alpha Thinking " by Jess Stearn

appeared in the book stores, and I started realizing the possibilities for usng

that state constructively. To this day, I prefer using my mantra to get to

" level " over all the other methods, three to one, 50 to one, three fingers, any

of it. I only need to say my mantra a few times, and I'm " there. "

>

> Doc, I wonder if the TM folks might have done more good by giving students

something to do beyond blissing out, once they've learned to reach that state.

Bliss is nice, as far as it goes, but it doesn't exactly get things done. I

know that some people believe that our purpose in life is to reach that state of

bliss and stay there, but (and of course, this is my personal opinion on the

matter) for me, it always seemed that we came to earth in these bodies to learn

to " do earth, " not to be all floaty and airy and let's face it, un-grounded. (I

think that is also what attracted me to the Silva techniques--so practical, so

useful, and at the time, I'd seen nothing like them.)

>

> I still use TM, but only to get to Level. It's a darned good way to get

there for me.

>

> Jeanne

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