--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson <mjackson74@...> wrote: > > and if you have read all of the comments, you will see the > TM people are bitching about the article not being positive > enough!
Boy, are you losing credibility fast with me, Michael. Of the 14 comments by TMers, two had very mild criticisms of the article. All the others were 100 percent positive. > ________________________________ > From: authfriend <authfriend@...> > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2013 3:32 PM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: David Lynch Is Back > > > Hah! Was I ever wrong! > > They just posted another eight comments, seven of which > were positive, and the eighth of which was...Michael's. > > (Don Sosin made one too, BTW--positive, obviously.) > > http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/24/magazine/david-lynch-transcendental-meditation.html#commentsContainer > > http://tinyurl.com/atqaxgx > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote: > > > > > > So since they aren't posting my comment - here it is: > > > > FWIW, no new comments have been posted since the seven > > positive ones that were up last night. I'd guess that > > there will be another batch up soon (checking the > > comments for this piece is most likely not that high on > > the Times's priority list). > > > > I further predict that when the new comments go up, > > there will be a number of negative ones, but they will > > not include Michael's. > > > > Michael, just for the heck of it, I've edited your > > comment to reflect what I think they would be a lot > > more likely to publish: > > > > "I began TM in 1974 and enjoyed it enough to become a real TM > > cheerleader. But as the years went by, I left the TM Movement > > due to what I perceived as the huge disconnect between the > > promises of TM and what it actually delivered. > > > > "Lynch is spearheading a very carefully orchestrated effort > > to restore TM's image to a pre-1976 luster. TM is not a > > simple mental technique making use of meaningless sounds. It > > is in fact a Hindu devotional practice of chanting (silently) > > the names of Hindu goddesses. And that would be all right as > > long as the organization was upfront about it." > > > > In my observation, the Times likes its Comments sections to > > reflect many different points of view, but it avoids > > comments that are likely to start fights or, goodness knows, > > invite legal problems. Your comment as submitted had a good > > chance of doing both. > > > > > > > > > I began TM in 1974 and enjoyed it enough to become a real TM fanatic and > > > cheerleader. As the years went by, I left the TM Movement due to the huge > > > disconnect between the promises of TM and what it actually delivered, > > > especially the awful, arrogant deceitful behavior of even the low to mid > > > level managers of the TM organization, much less the leaders of the > > > Movement. > > > > > Lynch is spearheading a very carefully orchestrated effort to sanitize > > > the TM's image to a pre-1976 luster. 1976 was the year their Maharishi > > > announced the TM Sidhi program to the world. The TM Movement can honestly > > > be characterized as a decades long flow of dishonesty and deceit, taking > > > money under false pretenses and very unpleasant behavior on the part of > > > those who administrate the Movement. > > > > > I had the pleasure of speaking at some length with someone who spent > > > years as Maharishi's personal secretary and for all his praise of the > > > man, this person told me that it was clear that the leader of the TM > > > movement was totally focused on sex, money and personal power. What the > > > Big M created, his Movement perpetuates. > > > > > TM is not a simple mental technique making use of meaningless sounds. It > > > is in fact a Hindu devotional practice of chanting (silently) the names > > > of Hindu goddesses. And that is alright as long as you are upfront about > > > what you are doing. For my money and in my experience, TM is one big > > > scam. After more than 20 years I stopped doing TM and never looked back. > > >
