Yes. The special method makes your mind trained in the trasientness of our existance. Once the subconscious is trained to consider everything as impermanent, the subconscious automatically finds pain, hurt, happiness easier to handle....or at least so goes the theory.
After the course (where they grill you with 11 hours a day) They recommend an hour twice a day. I did an hour a day for a few months, but couldn't keep up. During the time i did manage to keep up, i felt very strong, and calm, the red traffic lights didn't bother me, i was unable to get angry or emotional....it created a very rational state of mind, peaceful, calm and friendly....
Haven't been able to meditate for almost 6 months now....and need to go back for the 10 day course.
Its strange, but during the meditation, time kinda seemed to stop, thoughts caese. I am a very active person normally, and can't sit still for long, but i learnt to sit and meditate without moving a finger, a muscle, or eyeballs, for four straight hours....and when i opened my eyes, it seemed as if I'd been 'away' for just a few minutes....the experience is profound...
the difference between TM and Insightful meditation is that TM alleviates stress and enhances concentration by forcing you to concentrate on breathing. It is also a ritual. IM, otoh, is a way of life. It generates awareness of your body and mind, sensitises you to your thoughts, emotions, physicality....so you can make better choices. As such, its meant to be steeped in morality - provided you want it to be. Its more...ummm....all encompassing than TM could ever be...I've tried both and at least thats my understanding.
btw, I'm not trying to sell you the course. I was a cynic myself, and these are just my experiences...but like they say, for everything, you get as much outta it as you put in. I put in a lot...and got a lot from it...
Wrote this after my second 10 day course....
Between the extremes
Of being and nothingness
There exists an objective state of observation
Which obviates human stress
Without necessitating
The oppression or repression
Of our mortal, carnal
Needs.
Where the physical and the emotional
Are distinct from the mental
And mind controls matter
And more
As the impermanence of everything around us
Becomes a strong force
Impinging upon
Our conscious minds
Training it
To embrace change
As a constant of life.
Where bottled up
Longings and fears
Manifest as physical pain
And once done, the purified body
Like an uncoiled spring
And light as a feather
Is sensitive as a
Newborn’s skin.
Where the words I and you, me and mine
Lose their meaning
Thoughts cease to exist
The bodies exist as hosts for
A higher, disciplined mind
And reality appears
Unalloyed.
Where mind matters most
And the laws of nature
Make themselves felt
Within the framework of
Our physicality.
Here, in such a state of being
A perfectly equanimous observational attitude
flings open
the floodgates of
experiential wisdom. |
