--- In [email protected], "demaris4" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When i survey the vast array of services & lifestyle products & > admonitions that are now offered along with TM(tm) in my most > sympathetic mood, I think they were brought out, not just for the $$$ > and not just to fight back against the Anglo-American world culture > domination (a kick from the sub-continent) but so that people would > have a culture available that really does support higher states of > consxns. Nothing lasts without social support. All these cultural > alterations widen the suppport. > > The bit about no lifestyle change necessary - ha ha ha! A shoehorn > don't you think?
I don't get the shoehorn comment but, sorry, I am adamantly holding on to the "no lifestyle change necessary" tenet. I think it's great...AND the genius behind the TM program! "A culture available that really does support higher states of consciousness"? Why can't a pro-capitalist, REpublican red-meat- eating bisexual cowboy living on a 10,000 acre ranch who does TM twice a day be in an environment that support higher states of consciousness if that is where tha particular cowboy wants to be? > > I'd assume every generation has its enlightened ones, but the world > doesn't change, unless it is broadened and supported, maybe... > > > --- In [email protected], Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > on 6/2/05 8:04 PM, shempmcgurk at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > That's why it upsets me that the organisation and the > founder/leader > > > of the organisation that promulgates TM adopts philophies and > > > beliefs that go against the "we're not a religion or a philosophy" > > > tenet. The TMO should reflect what it teaches, no? > > > > 30-40 years ago people bugged MMY constantly for advice on what to > eat, how > > to live, etc., and he always said just meditate and eat what your > mother > > gives you, don't do anything you think might be wrong, etc. I guess > finally > > he realized there was gold in them thar lifestyle guidelines, so he > started > > selling people what they wanted. Take what you need and leave the > rest. 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/
