I don't know if Lynch said he would teach IN Schools. You know they have every sort of religious club in the world in schools. Why not TM clubs? The truth is soon found out by any slightly savvy youngster now. Let them figure it out.
At any rate try talking to a kid now about anything and you'll find a total expert on everything. Your issues Knapp are your own issues and they are passing with your brain, not to be mean or smug, which I am not. This is a fact. I am a Buddhist. I have said it plenty. I also might do TM if I feel like it. And so on. TM saved my life when I was fifteen and a burned out punk rocker in Hollywood. Yeah, already at age fifteen. Age means little. All this afterthought is just that. I hope TM is still around my next go at life. TM teachers who believed and sacrificed everything many times over should have at least one David Lynch on their side. Don't be mean Bro. Or go pierce some Jesus somewhere. Same difference. ----- Original Message ----- From: "John M. Knapp, LMSW" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 9:42 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Free Web Event: McCartney/Lynch Benefit Concert to Push TM in Public Schools > Kirk, > > No offense taken! You actually touch on something that I agree with, "all > education is an experiment." I could rant about that, too. > > That being said, two wrongs don't make a right. I'd just as soon that > education were more evidenced-based AND that TM not be taught in public > schools. > > J. > > > --- In [email protected], "Kirk" <kirk_bernha...@...> wrote: >> >> No offense John, but education is a myth. It works for a few. All >> education >> is an experiment. If you look at the WORKS of the educated then you know >> their education was an experiment in how to step in dogshit. >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "John M. Knapp, LMSW" <jmknap...@...> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 6:26 PM >> Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Free Web Event: McCartney/Lynch Benefit >> Concert >> to Push TM in Public Schools >> >> >> > To be honest, I don't know if a nonreligious form of TM would be good >> > for >> > kids or not. Basically, what David Lynch, with inspiration from the >> > late >> > Maharishi, is proposing is large-scale psychological experimentation on >> > school kids. >> > >> > I'm not aware of substantive research on the long-term effects of >> > meditation on children. I imagine some will have abreactions, just as >> > some >> > adults do. >> > >> > Just as I think drugs with negative side-effects need to regulated and >> > monitored, but may be taken safely by most people, it seems to me that >> > many people enjoy their TM -- while a significant minority have >> > problems >> > such as depression, anxiety, dissociation, involuntary tics, etc. >> > >> > I'd sure be more comfortable if researchers would stick to >> > experimenting >> > on monkeys and leave the kids alone. >> > >> > J. >> > >> > >> > --- In [email protected], "Robert" <babajii_99@> wrote: >> >> >> >> --- In [email protected], "John M. Knapp, LMSW" >> >> <jmknapp53@> >> >> wrote: >> >> > >> >> > The upcoming McCartney/Lynch Concert to benefit the David Lynch >> >> > Foundation will raise funds to teach Transcendental Meditation in >> >> > the >> >> > public schools. >> >> > >> >> > Many critics feel this is a clear Church/State violation because of >> >> > the >> >> > religious trappings of Transcendental Meditation. >> >> > >> >> > A group of critics -- including James Randi, Barry Markovsky, Meera >> >> > Nanda, Andrew Skolnick, myself, and others -- have organized a free >> >> > web >> >> > event to discuss this controversy. You may be interested in >> >> > attending. >> >> > >> >> > You can find the details at >> >> > http://knappfamilycounseling.com/tmconcert.html >> >> > <http://knappfamilycounseling.com/tmconcert.html> >> >> > >> >> Since the ruling on TM, back in the late '70's, I can see our school >> >> system has really improved in so many ways... >> >> Do you really think that practicing TM in schools would be a bad >> >> thing? >> >> Do you think that ruling did anything to improve the quality of >> >> education >> >> or the quality of anything? >> >> R.G. >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------------ >> > >> > 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 subscribe, send a message to: > [email protected] > > Or go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > and click 'Join This Group!'Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
