I suggest for a fictitious narrative of this sort of thing this little novel: http://www.amazon.com/Beasts-Valhalla-George-C-Chesbro/dp/0967450330
----- Original Message ----- From: "TurquoiseB" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 8:40 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Free Web Event: McCartney/Lynch Benefit Concert to Push TM in Public Schools > --- In [email protected], grate.swan <no_re...@...> wrote: >> >> You [Curtis] may say "well its not TM that is being >> proposed to give to students, its rajas and SCI and >> yagyas." I disagree. > > But the dogma "explaining" what "really" > happens when they transcend, and what that > "means," will most definitely be given. And > that is Hindu dogma, with a search on "gods > and goddesses" to replace them with "laws of > nature." TM *itself* is based on Hindu teach- > ings, from the puja onwards. And I, for one, > cannot see any court in the land not seeing > that and deciding on the basis of that. > >> There is no requirement or necessity to spew a lot >> of words, hot air or otherwise, to do TM. SCI has >> nothing absolutely nothing to do with the actual >> practice of meditation. (Other than I suppose to >> be a cautionary tale -- that is -- if a mind so >> soaked in meditation comes up with this crap -- >> the technique clearly has it s limits.) > > I have to ask, since if it's been mentioned > before I missed it -- are you a TM teacher? > If not, I can see how you might believe that > "there is no requirement or necessity to > spew a lot of words." > > But this program will not be *implemented* > by people who think like you do. It will be > implemented by FANATICS. By definition, TM > cannot be taught these days except by > "recertified" TM teachers. That means that > these people were SO fanatical that they > agreed to pay for TM Teacher Training TWICE > (once to become teachers originally, and then > again later, when Maharishi said to). They > had to sign pieces of paper agreeing to give > up their jobs and work for the TM movement > full time as teachers, for a pittance. > > Such people are fanatics, evangelists. I do > not see how there is an icicle's chance in > Hell that they WON'T be "spewing lots of > words." That's just what evangelists DO. > > JUST as they could never even *conceive* of > teaching TM without a puja, they could never > even *conceive* of not spouting a lot of words > about the "laws of nature" and "enlivening" > them, and doing non-stop commercials for butt- > bouncing for peace. > > The situation you propose for teaching TM as > purely a technique and leaving it at that > DOES NOT EXIST. The people who will be teach- > ing these kids are incapable of allowing it > to exist. To do so would violate the *need* > they feel to evangelize. > > These people who say that they're going to > teach "TM and only TM" are LYING. > > And you saw evidence of that in one of the > posts today, saying that the Rajas are going > to attend the McCartney concert dressed not > as Rajas, but as "normal people." > > If they're so proud of what they do and what > they are and what being a "king" allows them > to wear, WHY ARE THEY HIDING IT? > > They're LYING. They want these kids as fodder > for the next generation of TM cultists, and > they hope to find it in thousands of young, > impressionable kids. > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > 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 > > >
