--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- sparaig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Wasn't talking about TM but about a similar > > > > meditation practice that > > > > goes about 5 stages beyond TM-style meditation. > > > > > > Ah, I see. So in its beginning stages, its easy, but > > > in the more > > > advanced stages, it gets difficult? > > > > Yes, Grasshopper. One day this knowledge will be yours > > too. > > Not bloody likely. :-) Those who have bought into > TM being "the highest teaching" would never lower > themselves to try anything else. > > If they're right, they stick with the "highest teach- > ing" forever, and avoid "lesser" techniques. If they're > wrong, they stick with the first thing they learned > and never learn anything more. The question would seem > to be whether the sense of elitism is jutified, whether > TM really is "the highest teaching" or merely the "ABCs" > of spiritual practice, being *sold* as "the highest > teaching." If it IS the "highest teaching," good deal... > the practitioner has avoided wasting time with other > techniques and teachings. If it's not, the practitioner > spends an entire lifetime learning the alphabet while > others have moved on to enjoying literature.
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