--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jst...@...> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > Now, since I have been indulging your ques- > > tions, please indulge one of mine. Would you > > have any objections to attendees at the up- > > coming McCartney concert being handed a > > flyer containing only the English translation > > of the TM puja -- no commentary, only a sim- > > ple explanation that this was a translation > > of the ceremony their kids would be witnessing > > and asked at the end to participate in by > > kneeling down -- as they went into the concert? > > YES, I'd object, because it would be misleading. > As I said in my previous post: > > What I would like above all would be for folks > to have the *complete* picture. It wouldn't > satisfy the fundamentalist types, of course, > but I'd be willing to bet that a good portion > of the more reasonable folks, including many > nonfundamentalist religionists, would realize > the "Hindu origins" bit is just not significant. > > But there's *no way* people can ever have the > complete picture without really getting into it, > including plenty of experience of the technique. > > In between virtually no information about TM's > origins and context and full information, there's > a big swath of *partial* information that is > essentially misleading. If one thinks practice > of the TM technique is highly beneficial for > most people, and conveying full information > isn't a practical option, what does one do?
What you do, obviously. Lie to them. Overtly, or by omission.
