--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > I'm curious how many people were learning TM prior to > > > > "the ban". Probably as many are learning it now! The > > > > whole thing is so silly. Teach TM if you feel it's the > > > > right thing to do. What's the worst thing that can > > > > happen, MMY yells at you? > > > > > > The worse thing that can happen is that you break the promise > > > you made when you became a TM teacher. > > > > And where did you learn this? > > > > Is it inscribed somewhere in the Great Holy Book O' Truth? > > Just a TM-ex snippet I once glanced at.
So that's a reliable source when it agrees with what you believe, but an unreliable source when it doesn't, eh? :-) > > > Of course, people are always free to do what they like, > > > but are you comfortable with advising people so cavalierly > > > to go explicitly against the wishes of the guy who taught > > > them in the first place? > > > > If the guy has gone crazy, absolutely. > > But you're *certain* the's gone crazy? Me? Yeah, I'm pretty convinced of it. But I think you're missing a big point here. There is a very Western assumption in your paragraph above. It is that if someone once taught you something that you found valuable (in this case, TM) you have some sort of obligation to believe and follow *everything* that person says. It's the classic Western fantasy of what a teacher- student relationship is -- slavish obedience to the person or tradition that once taught you something useful. And interestingly, it has no relationship to what most Eastern traditions believe the teacher- student relationship really is. That is better expressed by the Buddha quote on the FFL home page: "Believe nothing merely because you have been told it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings -- that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide." To abdicate one's ability to think for oneself and blindly follow the dictates of the teacher is not the spiritual path; it's the antithesis of the spiritual path. ------------------------ 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/
