--- In [email protected], "BillyG." <wg...@...> wrote:
>
> --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote:
> >
> > "When someone has been put on a 'Long-Term TMers
> > Watch List' to be viewed as an example of what TM
> > really produces in its practitioners vs. what it
> > claims to produce, and reacts to that by resorting
> > even MORE name-calling and reactivity and defens-
> > iveness than ever, what does THAT say about the
> > long-term effects of TM?"
> 
> It takes a long time for the complete transformation of character, you must 
> remember habits go back many lifetimes, a few years of TM isn't going to 
> erase lifetimes of bad habits. Mental and physical health may improve 
> immediately, but the overall character defects that keep us bound take more 
> time.......30 to 40 years of TM is what I call "a good start".

Well put, Billy.  But why didn't Maharishi tell us that instead of five to 
eight years to freedom?

Edg


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