The picture of Guru Dev has a halo, too, sitting on a throne decorated with
specific religious symbols.
One of the great pleasures of teaching TM, for me personally, was gently
guiding an initiate from a purely material, scientific POV of the world, into
the wonderfully rich metaphysical structure and philosophy underlying the
meditation. At least getting them comfortable with the discussion.
That wasn't necessarily a bad thing (even in hindsight), but it was more than a
little deceptive, and it was an attitude shared by most, if not all TM teachers
during my tenure in the movement. The last time I initiated someone, I was
very upfront with my actual attitudes and feelings.
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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajradh...@...> wrote:
>
>
> On Apr 18, 2009, at 11:36 AM, Marek Reavis wrote:
>
> > Richard, the phrase "in need of a kneel" got me laughing so hard --
> > thanks for that.
> >
> > Kneeling is such an intentional posture; and the idea that it's just
> > a posture, merely equivalent with any other, and that a person would
> > assume that pose immediately following a religious(-type) ceremony
> > (and on cue from the instructor), and not draw the immediate
> > conclusion that the whole thing is religion-based is absurd.
>
> People seem to forget to mention that they're not just kneeling,
> they're kneeling in front of someone, who in English translation is
> "the Guru God" ("Guru Dev"). Hello?
>
> Great one R. and thanks to Curtis for SO nailing the becoming a TM Boy
> Scout experience.
>
> "I wanted GC, not lower blood lactate!" OMG, my spleen!
>
