--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_re...@...> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > The ONLY way to keep this essentially religious > > dogma from being taught in schools is to not > > allow it to be taught there in the first place. > > We simply cannot TRUST TM Teachers to "leave out" > > the parts of the dogma that are directly derived > > from Hindu thought when they present the three > > nights of checking, let alone afterwards, as they > > try to suck these students into "Advanced Tech- > > niques" and the Siddhis. And *everyone* here > > knows that that's exactly what they will do. > > So, you might ask, what WOULD I support > as a suitable use of David Lynch's money, > to achieve his laudable goal of making > meditation more available to students? > > 1. Open the program to *all* popular forms > of meditation, not just TM. If a school > agrees to the program, they cannot be > agreeing to fund only the TM movement.
That would be what I would do if I had Davids funds. But alas, momentarily I don't. > 2. The "quiet time" periods are open to > anyone practicing any form of meditation > or contemplation. The only requirement is > that you sit quietly and do not bother the > other students for the allotted period of > time. I am all for that. > 3. No on-campus instruction. Lynch's fund > can pay for TM instruction, but somewhere > else, not on campus. Nah. As long as they don't keep other classes from using the room, If the room is empty, its ok. Otherwise, what you imply is that no public libraries, civic auditoriums, university rooms, etc cold be use. Way too anal for me. YMMV > If his fund doesn't > want to pay for instruction in some other > form of meditation, that is understandable. > Perhaps those other forms of meditation > will develop similar programs to subsidize > teaching their form of meditation, or teach > it for free. Hell, many of them *already* > teach for free. Great. The more the merrier. "Competition" of methods. See which work better. > 4. No on-campus "checking." Students can > ask for checking or followup, and the school > can help to arrange it with the meditation > provider (not necessarily the TMO if the > student is practicing some other form), but > it should not be done on campus. By ANY > of the providers. The temptation to evan- > gelize is just too great, and cannot be > resisted; history has shown us that. nah, same as 3. I would only be worried that students would be hit upon by their checkers -- a common practice. But that can happen in any room. > 5. No on-campus solicitation of students > to "take the next course" or "get an Advanced > Technique" or "learn the siddhis" or "go on > a retreat or residence course." Again, by > ANY of the providers. If they want to evan- > gelize and recruit into their cult or > religion, they have to do it OFF CAMPUS. -- it depends. Proselytizing and evangelism is not called for. Discusssing Buddhist med II -- maybe ok.
