--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I personally am suspicious of my own personal experiences in > > > > > many cases... > > > > > > > > I completely understand... > > > > > > Explain it to unc... > > > > Uncle, Lawson is completely suspicious about his own personal > > experiences in many cases. > > Maybe, but I'm suspicious for my own reasons, not because > someone told me to be. :-) > > The bottom line here, guys, is that both of you rely on > the testimony and advice of people you consider "experts" > for how to live your daily lives, and how to achieve your > spiritual goals. You tend to follow the experts' instruc- > tions to the letter, and when they pay off and you have > a "good experience," you give the credit to the expert, > or to formula he/she sells, or the God he/she represents. >
Perhaps, but in the case of TM, what formula? Hell, most days I can't even remember my mantra well enough to think it clearly, letalone say it outloud. > Me, I just muddle through, make my own decisions, and > have really neat spiritual experiences anyway. Face it, > there is nothing more threatening to the person who > "does everything right" than the person who "does every- > thing wrong" and has the same kinds of experiences that > the do-it-right-ers have. It gives rise to the heretical > idea that, in the world of spiritual practice, "formulas" > for realizing enlightenment may just be something to > distract the seeker while the realization unfolds itself > to itself, and that what you actually do on a daily basis > to cultivate that realization doesn't matter a bit. > > Unc 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/
