--- In [email protected], "peterklutz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > A very effective type of meditation? > > I suppose inklings of Being the Everything can lead to such confusion. > > Sorry I missed it - I would have gone up in stiches if I'd seen that > chopper and those leaflets.. > > :-) > > BTW - is this a common form a unstressing among TM-teachers, seeing > themselves as an heir, or on par, with MMY..? > >
It seems to be very common. There are a couple of them on this board, a bunch of the them in Fairfield, and then there's Chopra, Shankar, a couple of long term purusha guys in France who started their own New Age movement. There must be a ton of them. Most of them seem to emphasize moodmaking. I came across a recording of Chopra that is sold on the internet teaching a form of meditation about breathing. It was very moodmaking and superficial sounding to me, but I suppose maybe someone who needed some sense of peace and belonging might feel better because of it. I noticed when I was in the TM movement the governers tended to be very pretentious and arrogant. They are less so now. But many of them that have left the TM movement have carried that egotistical need to be a 'Guru' and tell everyone what the truth is. Vaj is trying to start his own movement for example and is trying to get followers right here on these boards. It is subtle, he may not even be aware he is doing it, and some here are taken in by it, but it is obvious it is his desire. > --- In [email protected], Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Gosh, an egomaniac who crowns himself, claims superhuman powers and > > then passes out propaganda...I wonder where could he have gotten any > > crazy ideas like those?:) > > > > > > Sal > > > > On Apr 2, 2005, at 1:35 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > > I think memories of Robin Carlson are at the root of many people's > > > skepticism of current Fairfielders who claim awakening. But I think > > > there's > > > a big difference. He was an egotistical lunatic, claiming to be the > > > World > > > Teacher, having himself invested as Shankaracharya of North > America at > > > a > > > ceremony in Waterworks Park, dropping leaflets on the dome by > > > helicopter, > > > etc. The many folks now or recently awakening here are much more > > > modest and > > > natural about it. Some are downright shy and secretive, perhaps > > > because of > > > the Robin Carlson stigma. > > > To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
