Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!ames!ncar!noao!amethyst!hdunne
From: hdunne@amethyst.ma.arizona.edu (|-|ugh)
Newsgroups: sci.misc
Subject: Re: Transedental Meditation....
Message-ID: <549@amethyst.ma.arizona.edu>
Date: 12 Apr 88 20:10:54 GMT
References: <1126@maccs.UUCP>
Sender: uucp@amethyst.ma.arizona.edu
Organization: Dept. of Math., Univ. of Arizona at Tucson
Lines: 15
Zippy-quote: All of life is a blur of Republicans and meat! =<:-)


I once saw a TM honcho being interviewed on a late-night talk show. He was
talking about mantras, and said that when you start doing TM they put a lot of
time and effort into finding a unique mantra specially for you. If you chant
the wrong mantra you will supposedly screw yourself up. The guy told a story
about someone who chanted "Coca-cola" as a mantra with dire consequences.

Some years later I heard that in fact the TM organization only has 9 stock
mantras that they assign based on what age group you're in. I'm sure you could
chant anything you wanted and it wouldn't make any difference one way or the
other.

Hugh Dunne        |  UUCP: ..{cmcl2,ihnp4,seismo!noao}!arizona!amethyst!hdunne
Dept. of Math.    |     Phone:      | ARPA:     hdunne@amethyst.ma.arizona.edu
Univ. of Arizona  | +1 602 621 4766 | Bitnet:   hdunne@arizrvax
Tucson AZ  85721  | +1 602 621 6893 | Internet: hdunne@rvax.ccit.arizona.edu