--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@... wrote: > > "If spiritual masters were regulated by the advertising standards authority wouldn't they be fined for their false promises of "bliss consciousness"?" > > If anything, they should be fined, for, on the one hand, holding out the promise of "bliss consciousness", and, on the other, failing to provide a technique to establish such a state. Without the technique, it is like a bunch of Buddhists running around, talking about "non-attachment", while reflecting, "Noggin-attachment", instead. > > There is such hunger in the world for spiritual progress, yet 99.999% of the 'teachers' on the subject, have no clue.
But *I* do, which is why you should pay attention to *ME* and what *I* say, rather than these know-nothings. Especially if they represent 2500-year-old Buddhist traditions rather than the slightly-over-50-year-old "tradition" established by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi when he made up the technique of Transcendental Meditation out of whole cloth. Besides, you should believe *ME*, because I'm so bloody *special*, having realized the full potential of this slightly-over-50-year-old "tradition," and thus being more enlightened than you are. *I* am the one you should pay attention to, because...uh...well...I deserve it. *I* will tell you the TRUTH about which techniques are effective (even though I've never been trained in how to teach any of them) and will tell you *better* than any of these other 99.999% of "teachers" (even though I've never been one, and wouldn't even know how to *begin* to teach TM, much less any other form of meditation). So yeah, that's the ticket. Don't believe what any of these (spit) Buddhists say. Believe *ME* because...uh...well...because I *want* you to. The more people like you who focus on me and believe the stuff I say, even though I've never had any training in anything I say, the better off you'll be. Because *I* know the TRUTH, and 99.999% of the spiritual "teachers" in the world don't. Besides, *I* am humble about how incredibly special and highly evolved *I* am, and (spit) they aren't. Did I capture what you were trying to say adequately, Jimbo? :-)
