--- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > What amazes me about this particular run-on piece of > > > > rhetoric is that none of the True Believers who read > > > > it seem to be standing up and saying, "Hey! Wait a > > > > cotton-picking minute! Isn't this the exact OPPOSITE > > > > message than the one you started the TM movement with?" > > > > > > > > The orginial message was one of self-sufficiency and > > > > hope. Transcendence (enabled by TM) was all that was > > > > necessary to realize one's enlightenment. The prac- > > > > titioner didn't need to believe in anything or anyone > > > > to realize enlightenment. He didn't *need* anyone or > > > > anything to realize enlightenment. One simply trans- > > > > cended, contacted infinity within himself, and over > > > > time came to live that infinity as an all-time reality. > > > > In this model, your environment and your diet and > > > > your medical preferences had no power to "keep you" > > > > from enlightenment, because the Way to enlightenment > > > > was completely in your own hands, via meditation. (And > > > > it should be stated that this original message has > > > > proven TRUE for many people.) > > > > > > > > > > > > ...and it was a great message and should hold as true today as > it > > > did when he first came out with it. > > > > > > That's why I started TM. > > > > > > And that's the program -- the path -- I'm on today. > > > > > > All those that follow all this other stuff are, in my opinion, > OFF > > > the TM Program. > > > > That's even sillier than the silliest interpretation of MMY's > words. How can you be "off the > > program" when following the advice of the guy who invented "the > program?" > > > > Because the program is not following a guru...it's doing a mental > technique that does not require belief or adherence to a guru in > order to work... >
Sure, but deciding to follow someone's advice isn't requiring belief or adherence toa guru, and no-one changed your TM, did they? > > > > > Now, if MMY started to say things like "shoot yourself," or "drink > poison," or "don't > > meditate," you might have a point, but simply because he's > promoting new stuff? Nyah. > > > ...better read what he said recently about Vastu... What specifically did he say about Vastu that has you upset? ------------------------ 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/
