on 5/25/05 4:30 PM, Patrick Gillam at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Much of the impetus behind independent TM > teaching comes from making the knowledge > available at more affordable prices. But I'm > curious how people who've been following the > discussions here would handle other aspects > of the teaching that might be a bit more problematic. > > For example, we typically say the mantra is a > meaningless sound. Would you all stick with > that description? Or would some of you disclose > the provenance of mantras? > > Another issue: We say on the third night of > checking that cosmic consciousness is a state > in which one's every act is spontaneously life- > supporting. But a popular topic among us has > been the questioning of that dogma. What would > you say? Would you just skip that part of the teaching? > > And if we start fiddling with the teaching, are we > teaching TM, or something inspired by it? > > The larger subtext: does knowledge really get lost? > Very interesting questions. I've been thinking about this lately. If I were to teach independently I would want to re-examine everything I said in intro and advanced lectures and only teach what I knew to be true. But this would be a challenge, as all the scientific research would have to be scrutinized - perhaps one could refer only to studies published in peer-reviewed journals - and I would no longer feel comfortable making claims about benefits and higher states of consciousness I or trusted friends had not personally experienced. So what would be left to say? I could tell the story of my own life, how TM had turned it around, but to be honest I would have to related stories of many fruitless years serving an increasingly kooky organization. And such information might not pertain to my students' lives. Something to think about, and kind of a moot point, as I'm not about to run out and teach.
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