--- In [email protected], "Premanand Paul Mason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, you're right I'm sure. And this is a very compelling argument > for teaching practises of meditation in a non-movement way, without > deliberate conditioning.
What deliberate conditioning did *I* go through? I took TM in 1973, SCI and checker-training in 1974-5, an advanced course in the UK after I joined the USAF, then the TM-Sidhis in 1985- ish. Went back to Fairfield once or twice for a week, and to DC for a week. That's over a period of 30 years... > > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "Premanand Paul Mason" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Actions of individuals who are motivated by fear can more easily > be > > > predicted than those who have tasted freedom. > > > As far as I understand, transcending thought puts one in the > position > > > of being unconditioned. This freedom to go beyond conditioning > and > > > experience deep bliss is likely to produce free-thinking > individuals. > > > Individuals who can slough off conditioning are going to be > stronger > > > at being free-er. This is my belief and experience. > > > > I would tend to agree, *except* when the daily transcendence > > is "supplemented" with new conditioning. > > > > This is, sadly, the case in far too many spiritual organizations. > > It's definitely *not* just a TM thang. As the meditator sloughs > > off decades of societal conditioning, its absence is filled with > > dogma that becomes the new conditioning. And since it comes > > from the same people who taught the technique that brought about > > the new sense of freedom, this dogma is often accepted without > > question. > > > > It's the Catch-22 of spiritual practice. > > > > Unc 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 <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
