For sure I am awestruck by anyone who dives into life fully.
________________________________ From: turquoiseb <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, June 11, 2012 11:54 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Hello FFL - --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long <sharelong60@...> wrote: > > TM friends of mine who had children said that the baby became > their program. They sound like friends worth hanging on to. > ________________________________ > From: turquoiseb <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Monday, June 11, 2012 11:20 AM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Hello FFL - > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <noozguru@> wrote: > > > > I found it interesting that other traditions were amazed that > > TMers meditated daily. In other traditions it wasn't emphasized. > > In fact Rick even he'd noticed the same thing when I brought it > > up. Some gurus give temporary meditations to take care of > > problems for a while such as planetary complications. > > The TM movement is literally the only spiritual organization > I've ever encountered that attempted to convince its followers > that it was necessary to meditate to a fixed schedule, and > that bad things would happen to them if they didn't meditate > like clockwork. > > Most organizations suggest that meditating once a day is good, > but they are realistic, and suggest that although it is help- > ful to set a schedule and try to stick to it, if things come > up and you can't get to it, that's normal, and they shouldn't > feel bad about that. > > What's more interesting, in retrospect, is that people who > *have* meditated this regularly, and for this long, still > think and act the way they do on this forum. If TM "worked" > as described in its intro lectures, would that be true? > > > On 06/11/2012 04:44 AM, Share Long wrote: > > > But then could they really be called TMers? Perhaps there > > > are gradations of TMing (-: > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > From: turquoiseb<no_re...@yahoogroups.com> > > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > > Sent: Monday, June 11, 2012 6:38 AM > > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Hello FFL - > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long<sharelong60@> wrote: > > > > Logically the only thing that one can say about TMers is > > > > that they practice TM. > > > > > > If that. :-) I used to know meditators and former > > > TM teachers in L.A. who hadn't practiced TM regularly > > > in years, but pretended to so that they could go to > > > Charlie Lutes' Friday night talks to partake in the > > > social scene. >
