MJ, I have no idea. What I do know, having lived 65 years, is that this is a place of yin and yang, up and down, positive and negative. IMO anyone and anything on this planet is gonna be a mix. So maybe it's wise not to throw the baby out with the bath water. I'm not saying that's what you did. I'm simply saying that some have experienced the good and bad of the TMO and decided that the good is good enough to hang in here. AND some of us also think that that good will make the bad less horrific as time goes by.
________________________________ From: Michael Jackson <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2013 9:31 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Not All TM'ers Welcome reckon these are some of the Asian gals who were trading sex for grades and money with the professor who was just fired for same, according to the posts on MUM Secrets? ________________________________ From: Share Long <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2013 10:27 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Not All TM'ers Welcome turq, with regards to Bertrand Russell's *wish to find out* I reply that at MUM, TM and TMSP is not called Belief in Consciousness but rather Development of Consciousness and students receive academic credit for it. And this credit is recognized by the regional accrediting agency as well as by graduate programs at universities all over the US and even as far away as China. In fact, this summer I've noticed that the number of young Chinese women in the Dome is increasing. I mention this because I find the Chinese in general to be very smart and very practical. With regards to Russell's *will to believe* just in the simplest way we don't find uniformity with TMers, even long term TMers and recert govs. Meaning that in all these groups we find devout Jews and Catholics and Protestants and Hindus. Don't know about Muslims. As for uniformity of TM related beliefs, there are probably those who actually do believe 100% and there are those who believe less and there are those who simply go by their own experience. A woman who sits near me is what I call on the TM straight and narrow, as is her husband. I am not. I'm sure such variance can be found in the rest of the Dome. And lastly, if clothing is any indication, and personally I think that it is, then there's plenty of individuality in the women's Dome: some wear jogging outfits; some wear beautiful punjabis; some like me wear regular casual clothes; some of the students wear tank tops and shorts; some women in the evening come straight from work in skirts or dresses. ________________________________ From: turquoiseb <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2013 6:22 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Not All TM'ers Welcome --- In [email protected], "Buck" <dhamiltony2k5@...> wrote: > > It's very important the environment that we keep. Group > meditations are really important. In group meditations > you get the advantage of the energy of the other person, > and the devotion of the other person, and the perseverance, > and the will of the other person, and you are absolutely > inspired. So, group meditations, seek them out! Can't argue with Buck's logic here, if what you want in a spiritual movement and out of life is (to reference the Bertrand Russell quote on the FFL Home Page) to cultivate the "will to believe," as opposed to the "wish to find out."
