--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > <snip> > > > It's YOU who are stuck in defensive mode, dude. It's > > > like the moment your life got complicated, you felt > > > the need to cling to TM and its dogma, and to smite > > > anyone who challenges it. > > > > I'm not clingingto TM dogma. I'm merelypointing out that the dogma > > isn't that contradictory. > > Which is, in my observation, all you've > *ever* done. Nor have I noticed any change > in the last few days since your mother's > cancer was diagnosed. That suggestion is > really a rather cheap shot. > > There's a difference between insisting that > the "dogma" is the Truth, and pointing out > that arguments which misrepresent the dogma > have not succeeded in refuting it. > > A person of intellectual integrity who > actively *disbelieves* in the "dogma" might > even point out such misrepresentations in > an effort to elicit more valid arguments > *against* it. > > I'm not suggesting Sparaig actively > disbelieves in the "dogma," merely noting > that citing flaws in the arguments against > it is *not* necessarily an indication that > a person *does* believe in the "dogma."
I don't disbelieve. However, if I were a genuine believer, I would have moved to Fairfield years ago. Unc is correct that my natural skepticism can interfere with my life. I'm reasonably confident that TM and even the TM-Sidhis practice, along with good food, a regular sleeping schedule, and regular exercise, are extremely beneficial to me. However, I'm not so committed to this belief that I meditate every day, letalone twice a day, and my sleeping and eating habits suck equally badly. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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/
