On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 7:00 PM, boo_lives <boo_li...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > The experience has to fit in with Maharishi's teachings and not be > > conjecture. I had a number of sentences struck out because, > according to > > Doug B, the experiences could not be verified. > snip > > What nonsense. The only reason I can see to have "experience" > meetings is to have a student recount an experience that has had a > particularly profound or confusing impact on him/her and to have a > qualified teacher respond and bring some clarity or perspective. For > that to happen the experience has to be described in an accurate and > personal manner, there can't be any editing. What does it mean to say > your experience "can't be verified"? And by people like Doug B, who > BTW gave me perhaps the single worst piece of advice I've ever been given? > > One thing I learned in the tmo was that most everyone who's known to > have "great experiences" is to be avoided at all costs, they're > usually toxic, unstable or egomaniacs. > I guess you're not getting what the #1 experience reporting is about. It's part of the all day, all evening show. IA is marketed to potential CPs as the way to gain very profound experiences in consciousness very quickly, say in just a week end. It goes along with the very laughable (IMO) marketing of go to IA, if even for the weekend then go home and prosper. IA has lost a lot of its glitter, but it started off as being ground zero of the development of consciousness. Maharishi was on many of the between the first and second morning round teleconferences. This was a way to get Maharishi's knowledge, his presence, his attention. As you can see by the numbers at http://invincibleamerica.org/tallies.htmlit's dead in the water. They made a big mistake when the cancelled the foreign stipends I guess to raise the NAFTA stipends by $100 USD per a month. I didn't get all that excited when I was last on IA (ended a couple weeks ago) and I didn't notice all that much excitement amongst the people I spoke with compared to last year or the year before.
