I think it is wonderall what the Transcendendtal Meditation has done to bring meditation and spirituality in to the light of science in the world. TM and the people in it is not all the cult that the haters would make it out to be but also is simple essential spiritual method in life. Some of the TM-taliban inside TM might yet be more powerful than others of goodwill but there are relatively few real cultists in the middle of TM. Mostly the TM community is waiting for the real bad ones to die-off. So I would hope the real haters could come to an effective place of quiet and join the larger group of meditators once again in our meditator group meditation. The science clearly shows us that a group effectively meditating is good and good for everyone. In spite of the worst behaviour of the old administration the larger movement has always moved with everyone. The middle circle of TM is quite small. I would hope the haters here could empathize with the larger whole again and continue to help us all with more love. A transition is happening as boomers and old are demographicaly die-ing off . This morning there is a great video of the old pope at his last audience. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21597093 That is coming too with TM as people generally in TM wait for some to die off who are in the way. There is a lot of fear around that. But even the haters could help us all pointing the way from outside. I feel they have a place in this too. I should hope some of the real haters will come more to their senses and simply come back to us all. "We shall overcome.." together. -Buck in the Dome
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@... <no_reply@...> wrote: > > Yep, like finding that tool, always shiny and ready in the toolbox. No muss, > no fuss. "The world is as you are, live unbounded awareness" - MMY. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" <dhamiltony2k5@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seventhray27" <steve.sundur@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Carol" <jchwelch@> wrote: > > > > I like this excerpt from one of Deikman's book. "Us and Them: Cult > > > Thinking and the Terrorist Threat" > > > > http://www.deikman.com/wrong.html > > > > > > > > Part of the excerpt states: > > > > "Some degree of cult behavior can be seen in all groups, so instead of > > > asking "Is this group a cult?," a more useful inquiry is: "How much cult > > > behavior is taking place here?" > > > > > > > True, > > "Transcendental Meditation is vibrant and uncomplicated and unburdened by > > T.M.'s more controversial past. It is no longer, as Brand often says, "for > > weird, old hippies." Nor is it only for committed devotees willing to spend > > their lives meditating in rural Iowa." > > > > > > > I would call this a breakthrough in the discussion. Much more realistic > > > than the "black and white" mindset. > > > > > > This question has special urgency as we face the reality of a > > > present-day terrorism whose destructive possibilities have been > > > fearfully magnified by modern technology. Although it is not hard to > > > spot cult behavior in al Qaeda, we are not inclined to notice it in > > > ourselves as we respond to the threat. Yet, we had better be able to do > > > so, because the price of cult behavior is diminished realism. We cannot > > > afford that now. > > > > > > > > To heighten our awareness, Them and Us identifies four basic cult > > > behaviors that influence our thinking: 1) compliance with a group, 2) > > > dependence on a leader, 3) avoiding dissent, and 4) devaluing the > > > outsider. These forces operate in all aspects of society. The core > > > process is devaluing the outsider, resulting in Them-versus-Us behavior. > > > [...]" > > > > > >
