--- In [email protected], "Seraphita" <s3raphita@...> wrote: > > Yes, I think your reading makes sense of the quote. Thanks. > Curiously, William Burroughs during his time with Scientology > became convinced that the infamous e-meter (essentially a > crude lie-detector)
That's what supposedly detects the engrams. I think "e" in "e-meter" stands for "engram." > actually worked like a biofeedback machine controlling brain > waves and so capable of inducing altered states of > consciousness. That doesn't sound right! But what do I know... > (So making any comparison with meditation even > more suggestive.) He couldn't get anyone within the > organisation to agree with him and eventually fell out with > their "fascist" controlling mind set. He did make the grade of > "Clear" though. Maybe that compares with TM's CC! I think it's directly parallel. There are a lot of similarities in the metaphysical teachings as well, at least on a basic level. > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "Seraphita" s3raphita@ wrote: > > > > > > Re the quote below I copied from another website, two things > > > puzzle me: "[Maharishi]didn't have much to say about the > > > Scientology techniques because the comparison was obvious to > > > us.": is the speaker implying that Scientotlogy techniques are > > > similar to TM? Complete nonsense surely? > > > > Don't think so. I'm no expert; what follows is just what > > I've picked up from reading here and there, and I could > > be way off. > > > > It seems to me there's an obvious similarity between > > Scientology's "auditing" and what is said to occur in > > TM. Auditing releases "engrams," which are the close > > equivalent of "stresses" in TM; and once one has > > released all one's "engrams," one is said to be "clear"-- > > a state whose description sounds a lot like TM's of > > Cosmic Consciousness. > > > > There are a number of differences in how the techniques > > are performed, but one *crucial* difference is that in TM, > > one does not examine the stresses that are released; > > whereas with auditing (which is conducted by an auditor), > > the engrams must be thoroughly analyzed to be released. > > > > > Perhaps the speaker is saying we're already able to compare > > > for ourselves Scientology's methods and the TMO's technique > > > and Hubbard's are of no interest to us. Odd way of implying > > > that sense! > > > > FWIW, that's what I took this sentence to mean when I first > > read it. Any TMer would quickly recognize the similarity > > with auditing, I should think, but would also reject the > > notion that the engrams/stresses must be examined and > > analyzed. > > >
