--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In this case, MMY started out with "Do less and > > accomplish more," which was understood to be simply a > > claim of more efficient action as a result of TM > > practice. Only later, apparently, did he add, "Do > > nothing, accomplish everything"--I'd guess in the > > context of the TM-Sidhis? > > You would guess wrong. The phrase was already > in vogue in 1967.
Both were current when I started TM in 1975, so I couldn't say. But I've heard TM teachers say that at first it was just "Do less and accomplish more." Back in 1967, did you understand "Do nothing and accomplish everything" to be a prescription to refrain from acting? That would have been when you were a TM teacher, no? > > --and it took on an entirely > > different significance. It became clear that "Do less > > and accomplish more" had had a double meaning all along. > > As in doubletalk? :-) As in different meanings in different states of attention. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/