--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "Patrick Gillam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > <snip> > > In our Philosophy of Science core course at MIU in 1977, David > > Clay deconstructed the stress theory and clarified its > > shortcomings. It was a clarifying if understated moments in my > > Maharishi education. > > I'd be interested to hear whatever you remember of > what he said.
The gist of it was, as I recall, Judy (and we've already established the reliability of my memory in another thread), the stress theory doesn't explain enough of the phenomena we observe as a result of people practicing TM. Here I'm at a loss for an example, though, so please permit me to continue with generalities. Simply removing stress doesn't explain all the creative or growth characteristics of the practice of TM. Those characteristics suggest a larger theory at work which we may call the consciousness theory. It would seem consciousness is a field of all possibilities which, when tapped, makes manifest those possibilities daily life. Sound familiar now? The stress theory deals with removing something physical; the consciousness theory deals wtih adding something spiritual. To relate this to earlier points in this thread, I would say that from the point of view of Patrick Gillam in the 1970s, it was way more compassionate for a TM teacher to speak in terms of removing stress. From my point of view now, I'd rather hear about consciousness. Perhaps other MIU alums from that era could elaborate upon or correct what I've written above. George DeForest? Peter Sutphen? Or maybe Rick Archer could get input from the teacher, David Clay. You know everyone else, Rick, so I'm just assuming... ; ) - Patrick Gillam 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/
