--- In [email protected], anonymousff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "Premanand Paul Mason" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It amazes me that just because MMY popularizes a technique of > > meditation aimed at transcending thought, all too many assume he > > knows lots of other stuff too. shame shame shame. > > He comes out with hokum, but because it is Maha-hokum, it's okay cos > > he's the guy who trademarked a meditation technique. Huh! His > > nonsense pronouncements do more harm to the TM cause than anything > > that TM-ex could have thought of! > > I have always felt the same way. TM-twenty minutes twice a day was the > greatest thing going. "Two hundred percent of life," "meditate and > act," "eat what your mother puts on the table," "sleep with your head > in whatever direction the bed is facing," "why are people asking me > all these questions, I'm just a simple monk." He should have quit > while he was ahead.
Ii will say this: back in the day, there was a buzz among TM teachers that Maharishi had much more knowledge to share. We all lusted for that knowledge. My rationale was, if TM is good (which it is), this other stuff would be even better. The TM-Sidhis program got snatched up fast because there was such a pent-up demand for something like it. Similarly, I recall a demand for some sort of dietary program in the early mid-80s. Lots of us were experimenting and complaining on that front, perhaps because of the accumulated deleterious effects of the high-carbohydrate, low-protein diet that somehow became the standard among 'rus. When Maharishi rolled out his brand of ayurveda, it met a demand. So, in these cases at least, he was responding to demands set before him. "Maharishi, what more do you have to share with us?" It's kind of hard for me to blame him for "making awailable" stuff that, in my heart, I wanted him to share. - Patrick Gillam ------------------------ 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/
