I would teach TM in its appropriate spiritual context of course making allowance that its use is also purely mechanical and is a great stress reliever. I've always been more of an SRM guy than a IMS guy! -Peter
--- claudiouk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It is an irony that so much of the rigidity of the > TMO was supposedly > to maintain the purity of the teaching - yet now > this aim is going to > be seriously undermined by the alienation of the > majority of the > 40,000+ teachers MMY created, many of whom might > start teaching > independently now. It is one of many paradoxes and > contradictions in > the whole history of the TMO. Moreover, even if MMY > eventually > decides to charge more reasonable fees to ward off > such competition > the uncertified teachers would still win in the > West, at least, > because they would dump all the "religious", > "Indian" and "anti- > Western" bits of the package, as TM was originally > promoted in its > prime. The only trump card for MMY is his peace > initiative - if it > works. But if within his own organization there is > war, what hope for > the world? > > Someone also mentioned how MMY's message needs to be > heard from the > finest rather the grossest level - followers have > made allowances for > MMY in this respect over many decades. His > terminology, if at odds > with common usage, was supposedly aimed at future > generations, for > instance. But all of MMY's goals could easily have > been framed in > different ways, without alienating people > (especially the converted) > and focused much more efficiently. Only NOW, after > 50 years, he > decides to give up on Government support and try > going it alone (re > the world peace project). Had he done so 15 years > ago, focusing all > his considerable resources to the task... well who > knows.. > > > --- In [email protected], > "marwincornyarmand" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > It seems to me that the advent of thousands of > "uncertified" TM > > teachers might be Nature's way of telling the > movement that it does > > not own this knowledge and that it even transcends > MMY's approval if > > he is obstructing it's spread. Nothing stops > evolution. It's > entirely > > possible that the movement realizes there is > nothing legal they can > do > > despite bluffs (common in legal proceedings) and > they are trying to > > tighten the loophole with new legal agreements in > the > recertification > > program. Maybe God (Nature) wants a free > maketplace of new > meditators > > who are taught by trained teachers who owe their > allegiance to God > > rather than an organization or guru. > > > > Hey. > > With the "New Organisation" were "uncertified > "TM-Teachers not > longer > > is a part of, MMY has cancelled the former > agreements with > > the "uncertified TM-Teachers", either he is aware > of it or not. In > my > > opinion the "uncertified" TM-Teachers have an > unique knowledge to > > share with other people. We can be a part of the > evolution in a > > positive way. > > > > Ingegerd > > > > > 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 > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com 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/
