Of course your question wasn't "nonsensical," Share. It was perfectly reasonable, a good question, in fact. Barry is apparently so eager to diss TMers that he misread it.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <sharelong60@...> wrote : turq wrote: If TM cost less, and were not taught by a cult whose primary goal is to recruit new members of the cult to fill its coffers, I'd be able to suggest that people learn it. So I don't agree that my question was nonsensical. In fact, I think turq's comment above indicates that he thinks the TM technique is valuable, except for the cost and certain qualities he thinks the organization has. A thinking which imo is not based on any recent experience he's had. Plus it is illogical. Many people begin and continue TM and have nothing to do with the org. On Monday, May 19, 2014 6:40 AM, "TurquoiseBee turquoiseb@... [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> wrote: From: "Share Long sharelong60@... [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, May 19, 2014 1:19 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Heretical Heresy turq, you said you would recommend TM with conditions. Why would you, if those conditions were met, recommend it? This is a nonsensical question, Share. TM can IMO *never* be taught in a fashion that could meet my criteria for ethicality (at least if taught within the TMO), if for no other reason than it is taught by a group of people who have been indoctrinated for decades into unethical teaching. Their allegiance to "the group," how it is perceived, and how prosperous it is renders them incapable of developing a higher allegiance to the welfare of the student. Let's propose an example. I think that a somewhat "good start" ethical way of teaching TM would be to tell each prospective student what Maharishi himself said about the nature of the mantras, and that the ceremony that they *have* to participate in to learn is a bastardized form of an ancient Hindu ceremony in which both teacher and student bow down to Hindu gods and goddesses. They should also state up front that TM is viewed within the TMO itself as merely a "starter technique," and that they will be pressured to learn the TM-Sidhis and buy all sorts of additional "add-on" products. Do you honestly believe that could ever happen? At least within the TMO itself?
