--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" <raunchy...@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "guyfawkes91" <guyfawkes91@> wrote: > > > > I see the TMO is starting to get heavy with people who point out its rather > > obvious failings. YouTube has been told to take down the famous Berlin clip > > of Schiffgens making an idiot of himself. > > > > http://nosedef.blogspot.com/2009/04/david-lynch-forces-my-video-of-him.html > > > > This isn't the only recent case of the TMO getting heavy with people. My > > guess is that Bevan is the driving force behind the new heavy handed > > attitude to detractors since he's basically a bully and enjoys that sort of > > thing. > > > > Comments? > > > > The Schiffgens clip was an absolutely cringe inducing performance worthy the > Gong Show. Lynch was heroic. He did his best to treat Schiffgens with respect > and well as keep an angry mob from storming the stage. Bless his heart. > > The TM critics have always had plenty of ammo available to dissuade people > from starting TM. This clip is just one more bomb in the arsenal. They will > persist and may dissuade a few here and there, but they will not prevail. > People who want to start TM will start regardless of any amount of dirty > laundry the TM critics unload. It might even make some folks curious enough > to start TM just to see what all the fuss was. > > It's much more exhilarating for TM critics to say, "Hey, look at that idiot, > Schiffgens, if you do TM you might end up like HIM," than say, "Lynch has the > patience of a saint, if you do TM you might end up like HIM." > > In either case, it is a mistake to judge the value of TM by the actions of an > idiot or a saint. There is no measure of idiocy or sainthood before, during > or after TM. Whether we witness the actions of Schiffgens the buffoon, Lynch > the angel of mercy or Bevan the fascist bully, TM will prevail as wholly > separate from them.
You'd do better to make the distinction between critics of the TMO and critics of TM. To me, Transcendental Meditation properly taught is indeed a gift from God to humanity. The TMO on the other hand has for a long time been a publicly insignificant, inept, pathetic and clownish embarrassment.
