--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_re...@...> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> 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.
Did anyone else notice the one post of the day that Judy was unable to or unwilling to reply to? The bottom line is that I am merely recommending providing as much infor- mation to prospective TM students as possible, and Judy is recommending withholding certain information, or providing it only if she or others can "spin" it positively. *I* have no objection whatsoever with providing all these prospective students with all the positive information she can come up with. But she seems to have a strong objection to providing them with any potentially negative information. "I never lie." Yeah, right.
