on the importance of regular practice of
the Transcendental Meditation technique:
TRANSCENDENTAL and SELF-REFERRAL qualities involved in
structuring Rk Veda. With reference to consciousness, Upanishad comprises
the specific sets of laws of Nature that are engaged in promoting the quality of
Pure knowledge, the Veda, is Samhita--the
togetherness of the knower, process of knowing and
the known. This is the field from where the infinitely
expanded diversity is eternally kept under the natural
control of the field of Unity. Here is the secret of the
supreme level of defence.
When this field is accessed by the mind,
the first step of
rising to the invincible level of defence is complete. This
process I have called Transcendental Meditation.
-Maharishi's Absolute Theory of Defence, p. 31
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consciousness, providing a structure to the eternally silent, self-referral,
self-sufficient, fully awake state of consciousness, which
is intimately personal to everyone.
(complete table of qualities)
In the physiology, Upanishad is represented
by the ascending pathways that bring every
possible sensory experience to awareness.
The ascending pathways, including the
visual pathway, the auditory pathway, and
all other sensory pathways, act as the
channels that take every possible experience
to the cortex, where it is integrated and
perceived as a holistic value, such as
a flower, a friend, a symphony, etc.
-His Majesty Prof. Tony Nader-Ram in
Human Physiology: Expression of
Veda and the Vedic Literature, pp. 184-185
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