--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" <dhamiltony2k5@...> wrote: > > 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.
Well, let's all give a big hand to DEATH, the great purifier of those annoying old-timers/despots/"boomers"/"the old"/"the real bad ones". I see long years of Dome attendance has done wonders for your empathetic and humanly sensitive qualities there Bucko. > -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. > > > > [...]" > > > > > > > > > >
