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From: jonw@azure.UUCP (Jonathan White)
Newsgroups: net.religion
Subject: TM mantra clarification and correction
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Date: Fri, 13-Jan-84 11:55:57 EST
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Posted: Fri Jan 13 11:55:57 1984
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Since there seems to be a certain amount of flak flying about as a result of a
query that I posted regarding TM mantras, I would like to make the following
clarifications:

1. As I stated previously, I have nothing against meditation per se.  I do,
however, object to any organization that makes money as a result of false
claims.

2. Anyone who knows anything about TM realizes that the number of mantras is
not a trivial issue.  The Maharishi Mahesh Yogi has been quoted as saying:

   "...each man has his own type of energy impulses that constitute his
   personality.  Therefore, if the qualities of energy impulses created by the
   sound of the mantra rightly correspond to the energy impulses of the man,
   only then will it be of real value.  Any wrong choice of the mantra is sure
   to create unbalance in the harmony of the man's life.

   "There are thousands of mantras, and all have their specific values,
   specific qualities, and are suitable for specific types of people."
   (Omni, January, 1984, p. 129)

Correction:  In my original article I mentioned that the source for the mantra
information was a book called "Big Secrets".  Actually, the source is the
January `84 issue of Omni.  They printed a review of "Big Secrets", and on the
end of that piece they tacked on a short expose' of TM.

			Jon White
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