--- In [email protected], bbrigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > on 5/29/05 7:08 AM, jim_flanegin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > --- In [email protected], "lupidus108" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > >> It is obviously less of a challenge to be devoted to someone who > is > > > no > > >> longer in the body, and who no longer stretch ones vision of > reality > > > or > > >> challenges your beliefsystem, or test your devotion big time. > > > > > > I must respectfully say that you are operating from conjecture, > not > > > direct experience. Those devoted to Guru Dev are challenged just > as > > > strongly as those following Maharishi. The goals are just as > clearly > > > defined, as are the challenges (to belief systems and devotion). > > > > And for most people, Maharishi is nearly as abstract as Guru Dev. > Sure, one > > sees his tapes and read his writings a lot more, but there's still > plenty of > > room for disconnect between the man as he is and one's critical or > idealized > > conceptions of him, as evidenced by TM-Ex on the one hand and > Briganteism on > > the other. > > ************* > > Just for the record for the newbies on this list, Rick is an idiot. > > Bob Brigante > http://geocities.com/bbrigante
Bob, 30 years of [practice of TM has certainly done wonders for your pleansantness, compassion, flexibility, ability to speak a truth that is sweet, harmony, and from what it appears, inner peace and contentment. If you were the poster boy for TM, I would never have started. I would have ran full speed away from the center. Your example has made it clear to me that TM is not universally effective. 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/
