--- In [email protected], Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Apr 5, 2008, at 2:43 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > Cooties are *powerful*, according to the TM belief system. > > They are SO powerful that one cannot risk allowing the > > faithful -- those who have come to you and your tradition > > for liberation -- to be exposed to them. You can catch > > cooties almost anywhere, it seems. You can catch them from > > reading an Off The Program book, you can catch them from > > "seeing another teacher," you can catch them from living > > with your girlfriend out of wedlock. Hell, you can even > > catch them from reading Fairfield Life. > > > > And once you HAVE caught them, you are no longer *worthy* > > of the quest for liberation and enlightenment. That IS > > what the policy of "banning" people says, right? If you > > catch cooties by doing any of these things, we HAVE to > > throw you out so that others don't catch them from you. > > Or even, bizarrely enough, by saying you've had *good* experiences, > (which you'd think would be the point of TM) > which "they" then decide are too flashy, or something, > and put you on some hit-list as someone they need to watch, > if not outright ban. > > Pretty weird stuff.
In the TM theory, the most powerful positive experience is... nothing at all. Lawson
