> > It seems that both camps actively work at denying each > > the other's experience. Like a spiritual warfare is > > going on over the hearts and minds of the meditation > > market. > > turquoiseb: > I can honestly state that I have never encountered > an organization that claims that its technique of > meditation is "best" OTHER THAN THE TMO... > You mean other than the 'Royal' Yoga of Patanjali's camp. You're no Raja! LoL!
"The more you give, the more people we can help," Lenz says piously on a tape. "It's that simple." http://www.ex-cult.org/Groups/Rama/wired > The most I've ever heard any other organization say > is that some of its techniques are possibly better > for people of a certain disposition, whereas other > techniques they teach may be better for those of a > different disposition. The question of "best" does > not come up, almost by definition, because all of > these organizations teach multiple techniques. > There was never any impetus for them to declare > one of them "best," as there was for the TMO, for > the simple reason that it had nothing else to sell. > > Most of the organizations I've dealt with that > teach meditation would be affronted even by the > notion that there is such a thing as the "meditation > marketplace." That a phrase that only a TMer or > someone from some other group *trying to make money > by teaching meditation* would think up. The organi- > zations I'm talking about all teach for free, so > such a low-vibe concern as "marketing" what they > teach or selling it in a "marketplace" would never > even occur to them. > > As for the idea of making meditation mandatory in > schools, that is also something that would never > occur to these other organizations. If someone > brought the idea up, they would first laugh, think- > ing that you were joking, and then be affronted, > because the idea of imposing meditation on anyone > or mandating its practice would be anathema to > them. They wouldn't understand how anyone could > even think such a low-vibe idea up. > > It takes a Maharishi, or one of his followers, to > think of something like that. But that's probably > because they think in terms of a "meditation > marketplace." To them it doesn't matter whether > individuals pay for it or a school system pays for > it, just so long as they get paid. >
