mcbobo

Hi, Lyric! Thanks for doing this AMA, thanks for answering these awesome questions and bringing in your experiences to us.

As a person who has watched quite a few Eckhart talks, and somebody who is very intrigued by spirituality (heavily influenced by Tao De Ching), the first immediate thing that I notice is that you follow a path of meditation that has been laid out already. A lot of your experiences and things you see you attribute to certain "forms" or named beings. Are these mere placeholders? Is it almost a "practice" so that the mind can be at ease? Shouldn't we refer to such experiences and "forms" as formless entities instead?

Secondly, somewhere on the AMA you mentioned that the scholarships for TM exist because some people believe that the practice can make the world a better place. What positive direct and indirect ways does it affect our race / society? For somebody that's on the path of achieving Nirvana or for somebody who has reached it, what can that person do that's impactful to create a better world? Should there be an easy path to see glimpses of nirvana be developed for the masses who can't devote years of their life into meditation?

And finally, my only real practical question (literally :P). What are the most practical things you've noticed in every day life now that you are more integrated back into popular society that you've developed during your celibacy?

Thanks again!