---In [email protected], <turquoiseb@...> wrote :
From: salyavin808 <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, April 9, 2014 9:45 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Maharishi Murderer The trouble with TM I think, is all the BS you get taught about it. Maybe it's different now but in my day TM was seen as the cure for everything, the simple mechanics of stress release (claimed) on the charts seemed to imply that it was just a matter of time before the deep relaxation cured you of all and any problems you have accrued in life. This is really the crux of the issue. It's the combination of three myths that have been taught to TMers consistently since they were instructed. The first is "TM is 100% life-supporting and has no possible negative side effects," and the second is "TM is all you need...it will solve all problems you could possibly have," and the third is "Something good is happening," delivered as a rote response to anything that seems to contradict the first two. The issue with Shuvender Sem, as even Lawson admitted yesterday, is that *no one noticed he was crazy*. But the REASON no one noticed is that he was just one more crazy person in a closed environment full of other crazy people. Anyone who has ever spent any time in one of these closed all-TM-all-the-time environments knows what I'm talking about -- almost everyone around you is a mass of neuroses and weirdness, with a few touches of psychosis "on the side." And all of this is written off as "Something good is happening," and "just unstressing." What else, after all, accounts for people considering *obviously* crazy people like Robin Carlsen not only "normal," but exemplary, and as "role models" to be envied and followed? What else accounts for people admiring and envying the many people who Rick interviews, many of whom normal people on the street would consider at the least spaced out and dissociative, and at worst poster children for Narcissistic Personality Disorder. This argument doesn't follow. No one who thought Robin was interesting or more evolved or had something to teach or those who watch the BATGAP interviews are closeted away in some closed environment created by TM. Anyone who ascertained Robin was worth listening to or that the BATGAP interviews are worth a few hours of time to watch are their own free agents wandering around the streets at this moment - not rounding their heads off under the influence of TM's deep dark unnatural influence, Bawwy. Closed TM environments are a ZOO of craziness, characterized by almost everyone in them thinking that they're "normal," or even "more evolved" than other people. OF COURSE no one noticed that Shuvender Sem was off his meds and off the wall. You are sure about this with regard to Shuvender? Better check your factoids before you blow any more hot air around here. (Now, on the other hand, being closeted and confined to FFL with Bawwy in residence is enough to make anyone reach for their anti-depressants and/or Clozapine.)
