TM is actually only half of the Contemplation Technique. The Contemplation Technique requires picturing your deity in your mind while repeating a mantra. Picturing your deity - "focus" - eliminates the spaciness associated with TM. While the Contemplation Technique is not quite so charming, it is better for effectiveness in activity. The Contemplation Technique is a known 30-40 year path. So then the question is: How long is the path for only half of the Contemplation Technique - for TM? The path seems to be a least 30-40 years or longer. The other question is: Without the other half of the Contemplation Technique, does one end up in the same place that one would end, without picturing his deity in his mind? If he becomes enlightened, with what does he have an affinity? In addition to being only half of the Contemplation Technique, unless one follows some other religious instruction to keep himself oriented in a righteous direction, it seems that one could become, to quote the characters from a popular movie, either Saruman or Gandalf?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seventhray27" <steve.sundur@...> wrote: > > > Is that it? Is this the great expose? I think most of this came up the > second week FFL was live. (-: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson <mjackson74@> > wrote: > > > > If I have not caused many on FFL to despise me, this post > > will go a long way towards that end, not that it is intentional and > even though > > I am going to have some fun with this, I am writing in a serious vein. > > > > My Description of the TM Movement > > The First Level of the Movement: > > It > > all started with Marshy, a scribe by caste, erroneously or deceitfully > (take > > your pick) described for years as being from the warrior caste. This > may have > > been due to white folk not understanding the difference between > kayastha and kshatriya. > > Marshy > > was a follower of Swami Bramananda, and became his secretary. He was > told by > > the Swami that he was a businessman and Marshy was no particular > favorite of > > the Swami, just his scribe. After Swami Bramananda's death, Marshy > wandered around > > for a while, then began to claim a special relationship with the Swami > he did > > not have. > > Lying > > from the beginning, he eventually told everyone that Guru Dev, as he > called the > > Swami, had given him the mantras and the charge to give the knowledge > of spiritual > > freedom in enlightenment and the means to achieve enlightenment in > this life to > > the people of the world. > > Marshy's > > wanderings eventually led him to the United States and England. In > England he > > evidently like the appearance of the British gals who came to learn > wisdom at > > his feet and began a decades long practice of attempting to seduce the > ladies > > who came to him for spiritual guidance and enlightenment. > > Marshy > > also became very enamored of money and did all he could to collect as > much as > > he could get, of course he wanted it to fund his world-wide movement > which was > > dedicated to the betterment of mankind, tho much of his attention in > the > > afterhours was devoted to womankind. > > His > > association with the Beatles led to a great deal of unexpected > publicity which > > he used to the fullest extent possible to gain more converts. In those > days his > > pitch was: the more people doing TM, the better the world would be. In > a > > pre-cursor of what would become routine fear mongering with him, he > made hints > > that nuclear war was a possibility if enough people did not do TM. > > As > > time went by he became more and more manipulative and began to concoct > wilder > > and more outlandish schemes to defraud people of their money, gain > their > > personal love and allegiance and for a few decades, get sex from those > of his > > followers who were willing. Allegations have been made that in the > times he was > > not successful in seducing women, he sent to India for Indian men to > satisfy > > his sexual needs. > > Eventually, > > even with all the absurd fantasies he was promoting â" > enlightenment through TM, > > levitation and other super powers through the TM Sidhi program, > perfect health > > through his brand of Ayurveda, improvement of life through his brand > of Indian > > astrology, removal of "bad karma" with Hindu sacrifices (yagas), > he became increasingly > > bizarre as his own set of karmas became manifest when he became > increasingly > > senile. > > > > Eventually > > he led a Howard Hughes existence, cut off from the world by those who > had > > everything to lose by revealing his actual mental and medical state. > And so he > > died, reviled by those who saw through his façade, adored by those > who > > allowed the Vedic wool to be pulled over their eyes. > > >
