--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 <no_re...@...> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > May I ask, how did you happen to disengage? > > > > > > > > I sometimes wonder how likely it is for a long term true believer to > > > > give it up and lose faith. And whether it simply is a drifting away or > > > > a more sudden "aha" moment. > > > > > > Usually, from my experiences meeting virtually thousands of people, it's > > > due to lack of good experiences during meditation usually because of an > > > undisciplined lifestyle. > > > That ofcourse is just one of many reasons but definately the most common. > > > > > > > I appreciate your perspective on this. But TM or even the Siddhis were > > never promoted as something that required a disciplined lifestyle. Or do > > you just mean the discipline to meditate twice a day? > > Or eating a huge meal minutes before you meditate. The outer pressures from > for example spouses and children can take a huge toll unless one is > disciplined. That's why being single usually, but not always, makes things > easier. > If not disciplined small thing like overeating or not getting enough sleep > will make experiences dull to the point when someone might think it's a waste > of time to meditate or follow a time-consuming TM-Sidhi programme. The wast > majority who drop out do so for these mundane reasons. >
I wonder what is the percentage of married vs. unmarried Invincible American course participants.