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Post by rickyreiki on Aug 14, 2009 1:36:45 GMT 1
Some may think this post is in the inappropriate spot but I felt compelled to put this lengthy post here for other non-pracitioners to read what an extremely satisifed user feels about meditating the CMR way. With that said let me continue on so please bare with me.
I started practicing CMR on August 2, 2009. This post is dated August 10, 2009. As you can see the time span between both dates is a mere 8 days. The point I am making is that these 8 days are more than enough to convince be beyond all shadow of a doubt how valuable this technique is, to me, and how rewarding it has become. Now I've tried several other techniques and not one of them has been able to do for me what CMR does...provide a deep rewarding rest that spills over into the day. Such techniques are NSR, my inability to get back into TM after around 30 years of abscence, and meditating the Self Realization Fellowship way with various techniques such as Hong Sau meditation and Kriya Yoga Pranayama. Now please understand, I am not saying that those technqiues are no good. I'm sure they are good for the right person with the right frame of mind but for me I have found that none of them has been able to do for me what CMR does.
When I personally practice CMR I am no sooner than 10 minutes into the meditation process that my inner vison, with eyes closed, goes from a blackened out area such as when the eyes are shut off from their light source to a inner vision that suddenly turns into a soothing white light and along with this soothing white light it is as if my energy levels are elevated to a noticable degree. This change from blackened out area to a soothing white energy elevated light is such an indescribable feeling. You almost have to experience it to know what I'm talking about. Like Maharishi once said (not an exact quote), "you can describe to someone what a strawberry tastes like but unless you actually taste the strawberry you can't fully appreciate what it is the person is trying to describe. No amount of words are adequate in describing the taste of a strawberry." I find the same thing to be true when it comes to describing how CMR feels. My description does not do justice to the technique. You actually have to try it for yourself to become a firm believer.
Rick
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Post by prujoy3 on Aug 15, 2009 1:00:25 GMT 1
Ooooh, beautiful description esp. the "strawberry" quote.
I too notice quite a significant change at around 7-10 minutes into the session & now my husband also mentions that - the restless mind just "lets go" & starts settling down into genuine "rest" - it is a physically tangible phenomenon with deep, deep benefits for the whole "being".
And, oh yes, as I open my eyes & then start moving around after every session I usually find myself spontaneously saying "thank you".
PJ
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Post by prujoy3 on Aug 21, 2009 23:51:08 GMT 1
I am writing a "testimonial" on behalf of my husband. He has been using CMR for nearly 2 weeks but only once per day for an average of about 15 minutes each session & only for about 5 days out of 7! So not exactly a regular regimen - ha ha!
Anyway, he hasn't said anything about it at all up until last night when all of a sudden he was describing all kinds of experiences in his every day life that I suddenly realized could only be attributed to the practice of CMR!
He had one VERY profound experience that I could only describe as "transcendental" -just suddenly, in a split second almost by the sound of it, he found himself relating in total "beingness" with the person in front of him (a young music student) without the need of a body at all - he described it as if "the body was a bit of a nuisance" in the wonderful pure communication with another "being"
Then he went to tell me how "nothing is so negative anymore" - that things that formerly may have disturbed him are now sort of "softened" or evened out. Now my husband is always been a very mild mannered type of guy but for him to describe this I realized that it was attributable to typical experience after using either TM, NSR or CMR.
I then told him a couple of quotes of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi & he so totally "got" them esp. Gavin's favorite "the purpose of life is the expansion of happiness" - he LOVES it! He wants to have it printed & placed where everyone can see it - he even made up a funny story about having a briefcase which when you go to the all the trouble to unlock, etc, & peer inside - all that is there is a slip of paper with those words on it!
So we ended sitting up quite late teasing this all out into the light of awareness - I may be very tired later today but it was well worth it!
And, needless to say, he also now has an very much increased appreciation of continuing with CMR!
PJ
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Post by rickyreiki on Aug 22, 2009 1:19:58 GMT 1
Thank you for sharing your husband's experience/s with CMR prujoy3. When a good thing such as CMR comes along I feel that it is our duty (people like you and I who are getting good things out of the practice) to let others know that there really is something to this, something that can help those be better person's not only for themselves but for society as a whole. As for myself here is what I have to offer to those who are interested in taking note.
In my previous post I had said that I started practicing CMR August 2nd with initial good results and here it is August 21, some 19 days later. To date I can honestly say that this form of meditation has worked better for me than any other meditation practice that I have tried. I have tried NSR and that has not worked as well as this type of meditation. I have tried Paramahansa Yogananda's Hong Sau Meditation and Kriya Yoga Pranayama Meditation and neither one of those has worked as well for me as CMR has. I have even tried to restart my TM practice with no success whatsoever. Now please don't get me wrong. I am not saying that CMR is better than NSR, TM or Yogananda's meditation methods for these meditations, I'm sure, work quite well for others but they seem to do very little for me. I guess you can say that the person practicing the meditative technique has to feel some sort of resonance with the technique otherwise the technique will not work for them or appear not to work. Such is the case with me when it came to the meditation techniques just mentioned. As for CMR this meditative technique resonates with me quite well and here is why I feel so.
First of all I actually look forward to meditating twice a day because not only is it extremely relaxing and enjoyable but it's almost like taking a vacation and getting away from all the hustle/bustle in the world. Not only that but I find when I come out after 30 minutes my energy level and outlook on life is, once again, on a high level even if I had gone into meditation feeling somewhat down.
Secondly I feel that my overall outlook on life has improved slightly. It might not be a big improvement as of yet but it is a noticeable one. For example: environmental colors seem to be more alive when I look at them whereas before these colors always seemed so dull to my seeing eyes.
Thirdly I find that I'm an consistently sleeping better at night whereas before CMR I tossed and turned all night long only to awaken in the morning not feeling so rested. All that is changing for the better.
Fourthly, and I'm somewhat ashamed to say this, I often times especially when things was not going my way had self defeating thoughts such as, "I wish I was dead. I don't really care whether I live or die. What's the sense of life anyway?" I used to have those kinds of thoughts rather frequently but since taking up the practice of CMR I can honestly say that those thoughts are a thing of the past. I no longer entertain them. They just seemed to go away all by themselves but I personally know that what has made them go away is CMR because CMR is changing me within - for the better.
In closing I would also like to add that many of these changes are on a subjective level and a good one I might add. I also have this deep down inner feeling that more significant changes are on the way as I continue to be faithful in the practice and I haven't missed any meditation (twice a day) since I started August 2nd. That's how good this precious technique has been to me. All I can say is Gavin Hoole you've done a great job for those like me who are in great need of such a reliably good technique. Thank you.
Rick
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Post by prujoy3 on Aug 22, 2009 2:46:42 GMT 1
Great to read Rick - thanks for sharing that One of the most subtle yet powerful points about CMR, & most probably NSR & TM too, is that even the benefits are "effortless" - so all these positive improvements or changes are just "there" with no particular effort on our part to "put" them there - I am constantly amazed by this - even more so now that I have heard my husband's reports.
The "kinks" in Life just seem to unravel themselves effortlessly before we even have time to get upset about them.
It really does need to be experienced to be "believed", or "understood", how this works.
I directed someone the other day to Gavin's CMR pages of his "happiness" website with the recommendation of my own very positive experience. He got back to me to say that it looked too childish to really be so powerful a technique! What a shame that people feel something has to be very complicated & technical & "wordy" in order for it be really effective - they really do miss out.
PJ
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Post by David Spector - NSR/USA on Aug 24, 2009 0:56:14 GMT 1
Dear Pru Joy,
I like your point about effortlessness. When we move along any path toward enlightenment, I believe we must experience increasing effortlessness and gain the ability to be increasingly effortless, both in our meditation practice as well as in daily life. We grow in our ability to "do less and accomplish more." Eventually, this must end in a natural state of complete effortlessness, in enlightenment, where we "do nothing and accomplish everything," in Maharishi's words.
I am so pleased that Gavin is bringing happiness to people through the effortless practice of CMR.
David Spector (NSR Meditation/USA)
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Post by prujoy3 on Aug 24, 2009 4:11:32 GMT 1
Hi David ;D
Lovely to hear from you here & thank you for sharing that expression of Maharishi's re Enlightenment ~ "do nothing & accomplish everything" - wonderful to know!
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Post by prujoy3 on Aug 29, 2009 0:17:40 GMT 1
I had such a funny CMR session this morning - at about 10 minutes the mind was not really settling down so well & I actually found myself laughing about something I recalled from the day before - I have never done this before - anyway, no sooner had I finished laughing & was trying to settle myself down again when a couple of Kookaburras landed on the roof right above my head & started laughing together too - oh man! ;D
However, I was determined to stay with the session & actually went on quite well for a total time of 28 minutes, which is very long by my usual average of about 17 minutes.
The "time" factor is interesting isn't it - how the session will usually just pop you out at about the same time.
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Post by prujoy3 on Sept 10, 2009 3:55:04 GMT 1
I am sorry I haven't been posting for awhile but it has become a bit discouraging when there is no reply from anyone at all - feels a bit like yelling "yahoo" in a canyon & hearing nothing but the sound of yr own voice replying.
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Post by Gavin Hoole on Sept 10, 2009 17:45:25 GMT 1
I understand prujoy. Our CMR 'community' is still very small and I guess posting to forums isn't everyone's priority. However, your postings are always appreciated and I hope we continue to hear from you about your experiences since learning CMR.
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Post by Gavin Hoole on Sept 16, 2009 12:38:44 GMT 1
I had such a funny CMR session this morning - at about 10 minutes the mind was not really settling down so well & I actually found myself laughing about something I recalled from the day before - I have never done this before - anyway, no sooner had I finished laughing & was trying to settle myself down again when a couple of Kookaburras landed on the roof right above my head & started laughing together too - oh man! ;D
This post reminds me of an important aspect of what happens during CMR and our activity afterwards. Stress is often thought of as being caused only by something 'bad'. However, in non-medical terms it is simply an overload on the nervous system - which can be caused by something unpleasant or by something extremely pleasant. No matter which it is, in the context of deep rest one can consider stress release as being a letting-go spontaneously of something in the system in order to re-establish a smooth fuctioning of the mind-body system. When the stress is released during a mental rest process such as CMR, or a technique of deep meditation, it can bring with it the flavour or emoton that was associated with the original trigger that caused the overload in the first place; or it might be an accumulation of several past stresses and their associated emotions at that time. The emotion may be one of sadness, anger, frustration, humour, immense joy and so forth. As the stress is released and its emotion comes to the surface, the mind becomes active too, and thoughts start flowing. The mind seems to want meaning and association in orderd to make sense of the feeling that is coming up. So it will often attach to the feeling a reason for the feeling, and it might create or relive a situation that is closer to the surface memory and not at all related to the original cause of the stress being released. So let's take the following situation as an example. We're in our session of CMR ... and the mind becomes quite settled. Stress is released, but we're not actually aware of it, except that we notice we are having thoughts again. And a surge of anger comes up which is immediately associated in the mind with a person or a situation that has recently actually occurred, or which has simply been our mind. We spontaneously get so angry with the person concerned, perhaps deciding there and then that after our session we're going to phone him or her and giving them a piece of our mind. However, it could simply be a stress or set of stresses from ten years ago that has just been released. And because at that time there was much anger involved in the overload, that feeling is experienced as the stresses move out. But the mind blames the person or situation we have recently been thinking about. It's all just stress relief, and we should not act on any such experiences that might occur during our CMR session. Just accept them as stress. Likewise, sometimes you may have a 'brilliant stroke of genius' during your CMR session, like a great business venture, or a wonderful social idea. But a while after your session, in the 'cold light of day', it seems to be quite silly really. It has lost it's 'magic' and you see it for what it is -- not at all brilliant. So the message is: what happens during CMR is happening during CMR. Leave it there and don't come straight out of your session and act on it.[/color] prujoy, thank you for posting your interesting experience. In your case, the laughter may well have been directly connected to the previous day's incident. On the other hand, you assessment that you were 'not settling down so well' could be because stress was already being released. And this could mean too that it was a happy or humorous old stress that was surfacing, and your mind recalled the previous day's incident that gave it meaning to you. Whatever the case, I'm pleased it was a pleasant experience, and that the birds joined in too.
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