--- In [email protected], "Premanand Paul Mason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It doesn't seem to me that the fault lies with the meditation, but > with some people's desire to build up a cult. TM never needed an > organisation to spread it and still doesn't. But MMY is adamant that > the organisation must exist, and so it needs funding, so he changes > tack and starts charging for initiation. It is the organisation that > is the cult, and the clusters of flunkies and self-righteous > sanctimonious bigots who wear their cult on their wrinkled brows > create the impression that TM doesn't work. There is only one test > for TM, and it's not how much money you got, nor how close to > Maharishi you get, nor how many yagyas you done nor whether you were > the first or the last person to get initiated nor whether you paid > megabucks or got it for free. > > The one test:- > Does TM do the job for which it is recommended? ie if you can use it > to go beyond the technique and thought drops off. If it does then > that's it. We live in the 21st Century not in some mediaeval outback, > let's leave all the superstitious twaddle behind. Don't ask me my > star sign, nor the sexual orientation of my front door, nor my slope > for that matter. Stick with the program, did you transcend thought? >
That's not a test of TM's effectiveness, and I suggest you kill that Buddha immediately (get checked, in other words). > > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[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! > > > > It's sadly true. After having lent credibility to > > meditation, and established it (at least for a short > > time) as a household word, and something that the > > mainstream population could benefit from, he spends > > his last decades taking its image in the other > > direction. Go figure. > > > > The other thing that, in my opinion, does the most > > harm to the idea of meditation as a valuable addition > > to one's life, is the knee-jerk reactions of those > > TBS who, having made (consciously or subconsciously) > > the decision that *because* he trademarked meditation > > everything he says is Maha-cool, feel that they have > > to defend the pronouncements that even *they* know > > are Maha-hokum. And so *seriously*. The one thing > > that turns off more people about religion and spirit- > > uality than anything else is the inability in people > > who represent it to laugh at themselves, and the > > often silly nature of their path and their belief > > system. In my experience, very few people ever react > > badly to the person with strong religious or spirit- > > ual beliefs who is *light* about them, and can poke > > fun of them when they deserve to be poked fun at. > > But the person who gets all *serious*, and reacts > > as if the fun-poking were a personal attack? They > > parade their insecurity to the world and call it > > faith. The world is rarely fooled, and calls it > > what it is. ------------------------ 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/
