--- In [email protected], "Llundrub" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Judy, I think you take the high road with regards to TM philosophy > because it's what you're most comfortable with.
Not sure what you mean by "take the high road." Not sure what you're getting at in this post generally, but I'll make what comments I can. > Now think about this. If the philosophy wasn't simple and easy to > understand could you really be such an expert on it? That is, could > any of us? Well, I dunno. In the first place, I don't consider myself an "expert." But whatever degree of mastery I've achieved, I've probably studied MMY's teaching more thoroughly than any other. Maybe I could be as knowledgeable about others if I studied them as much. > Considering this stupefying simplicity, could it be anything > besides a bit too simple? I'm not sure it's all that easy to understand once you get beyond the basics, first (based on the amount of misunderstanding floating around); and second, I'm not sure simplicity--such as it may be-- is a negative characteristic when it comes to philosophy. In higher math, as I understand it, simplicity is valued; a simpler solution to a problem tends to be seen as better than one that's more complex (also see Occam's razor). The term scientists use for neat theories is "elegant." I think MMY's teaching (Advaita plus Yoga) is incredibly elegant. One way of defining "elegance" in this context would have to do with the proportion of theory to its explanatory value. TM theory has, it seems to me, a tremendous amount of explanatory value contained in a relatively small collection of premises. Finally, the term I'd use would be "metaphysical system" rather than "philosophy." It's also important that the TM metaphysics has a systematic experiential component, which distinguishes it from a philosophy per se. Over to you...dunno if I've addressed what you were getting at. 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/
