Is it some independent TM-Teachers from Scandinavia, in FFL, that want to join a Network with Independent TM-Teachers - they can contact me by mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ingegerd
--- In [email protected], gerbal88 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think it might have been Chogyam Trungpa who called our present > waking state "madness" or something to that effect. > > I am thankful Maharishi made the idea/technique of transcenence to > accessible. I suspect he is presently making it inaccessible simply > to get some of the old teachers off their duffs. They don't have to > teach under the kooky banner of the TMO, but teaching others to > transcend is important. Avoiding all of the lunacy of the TMO is > important, as well. > > G > > --- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Seems to be three paths Maharishi made available to us: > > madness or death or enlightenment. Is life any different? > > > > --- In [email protected], gerbal88 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > TM is a spiritual Enron - there's a good turn of phrase! > > > People and pedestals. He never got the feedback that an honest > > > business man gets? I just don't know, he's cutting everyone > > loose ? I > > > can't figure it. > > > > > > JohnY > > > --------------------------- > > > > > > Spiritual Enron is an excellent turn of phrase. > > > > > > This quite nicely sums up everything since 1967 (when Maharishi > is > > > said to have declared his mission a failure and that he was > > retiring > > > into silence). The Beatles, of course, scotched that quickly > > enough. > > > I am sure he had several plan B's, anyway. > > > > > > His fame as a result of association with the rich and famous > > Beatles > > > gave him carte blanche to rather more vigourously do as he damn > > well > > > pleased. > > > > > > But note how he first trained massive numbers of teachers. Then > he > > > sold them all his schemes. I think that that makes Donald Trump > > look > > > like a watch salesman on a street corner! > > > > > > Many of us watched the women follow him out of the lecture hall > > late > > > at night, but we were too stoned on rounding to put two and two > > > together. > > > > > > Later, when others put it together for us, well, y'gotta give the > > old > > > nutter credit, he could pull the polyester over the best eyes! > > What a > > > magician. > > > > > > He gave us one thing: returning to the foundation of meditation > as > > > effortlessly as the experience of thought. > > > > > > I am grateful for that. It has made my much more worthwhile > > spiritual > > > pursuits much more satisfying, much more rewarding and productive. > > > > > > The rest was all smoke, mirrors and just plain 'spiritual enron'. > > Now > > > he has said that teachers teaching outside his looney > organization > > > can, in effect, do as they please. Those who want re- > > indoctrination, > > > oops, re-certification can pay through the nose and experience > TMO > > > hell into the bargain. > > > > > > As someone at alt.meditation.transcendental opined, this will > give > > > King Tony (what a laugh) a tight little coterie of brain-dead > > lackies > > > to start his new kingdom with. > > > > > > Maharishi is a laugh-riot, right to the end and polyester by the > > mile. > > > > > > Tony and his zombies will slowly deteriorate into oblivion. The > > > remaining teachers will probably propagate their own mythos about > > TM, > > > Maharishi and the dark ages they survived to once again bring > > forth > > > the one and only thing Maharishi ever had: as easily as. > > > > > > The wait cannot be long. We will simiply see what we sill see. > > There > > > will always be those who put their spin upon it and others who > > deny > > > they see anything at all. When was it ever any different? > > > > > > G ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> <!-- SpaceID=1705171145 loc=TM noad --> --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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/
