--- In [email protected], Don <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I believe (as stated in an earlier post) that the purity of this teaching will be > lost in my lifetime... slippery slope and all that. In five or 10 years I doubt > people will know if they are getting Maharishi's TM or not. Probably few will be by > then.
You are probably right - I will adjust my timeschedule from 1 generation to about 10 years. However, I am convinced that a few initiators will continue to following Maharishi and keep the teaching pure, even if it means charging 2-3000$ or whatever for instruction. > > Patrick Gillam 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? > > > > - Patrick Gillam 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/
