Word: minded
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Jarvis at times had no idea what he was talking about, but many listeners didn't seem to mind. The net effect of the lectures was to provide a "revival" atmosphere. We had all paid our $35, we all wanted meditation to work in the worst way, we were buoyed up by each other's hopes and desires to believe, and Jarvis patted our heads and said that everything was going just fine. Things looked pretty good...
...force any particular feeling; and I "came out" of meditation slowly--three pointers Jarvis gave us for best results. The first two weeks were really a new experience. When I meditated, the echo of my mantra vibrated through my consciousness; my limbs felt heavy and deliciously drugged, while my mind remained alert. Emerging from meditation was akin to emerging from deep sleep, except that when my body slept my brain frolicked...
Then somehow the effect wore off; I don't pretend to know why. I think I began to take Jarvis at his word--I permitted other thoughts to pass freely through my mind. And since I did give my awareness free play, after a while the other thoughts--books, girls--pushed my monotonous mantra out of mind most of the time. Yet "forcing" the mantra was the practice we were warned against most. In any case, I find it impossible to return to the old technique...
...thoughts wandering through your mind...
Well, said Geer, of course one's state of mind is important. You've got to have the right psychological outlook. In Geer's opinion I wanted meditation to fail: I was trying to write a critical newspaper article, after...