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In reply to Dear Peter, I have practised by Phil Grano
Super! Thanks, glad you are
Super! Thanks, glad you are enjoying it. You will probably find the upcoming episodes on Buddhism to be quite relevant too.
In reply to Super! Thanks, glad you are by Peter Adamson
No. It's better than super,
No. It's better than super, Peter. There is a completely different ontology being formulated that I have experienced. I learned TM as a meditation technique, not as part of a religious experience or as a form of mysticism. But the pathway to knowing why TM is effective is not straightforward and points to a different way of perceiving, of thinking. For example, the third way Indra seeks to learn about the self is though sleep. But this is not entirely mistaken. I am only too aware that when I find something very difficult to formulate, I try going into a state between wakefulness and sleep for about 10 minutes or so, and I fully awake I can usually find I have formulated my thought. This poses interesting questions about consciousness and knowing, about the most alert state of the mind is not necessarily the state I am in when writing this email. This is so very different from our Western tradition. You delight me with much to ponder. Phil
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Dear Peter, I have practised
Dear Peter, I have practised the technique of transcendental meditation for many years but not really understood its philosophical basis. In the five episodes you have produced a light has been shone on the underpinnings of this practice. I am intrigued by the glimpsing of the self, the inability of the awake mind to see the self and engage it, as this is my experience of TM.
I would not have thought of engaging with Indian philosophy until you began this history. There is so much I find intriguing, such as the way knowledge is gained by Indra in the most recent episode, something I was not alert to until you drew this out.
Appreciatively,
Phil Grano