Forwarded from: David Hooper <davehooper...@gmail.com> 9/21/14-Maharishi: When one starts TM, cruder values are replaced by finer values, speech is less sharp
"…Children do say, 'Now, Mummy today you haven't meditated.' When they find a little roughness [in the mother], they say, 'No, you should meditate.' Children remind mothers to meditate. [This is] the effect of Transcendental Meditation, the children know that when Mummy has meditated she doesn't mind their mischief so much. Their crude behavior is overlooked, and they're all loved more and more and more. It's recognized by the children that right from the moment one starts to meditate, cruder values begin to be replaced by finer values, and this is what is called virtue -- finer values of life, more delicate values of life, more 'yes' and less 'no's,' more acceptance, less rejection, more tolerance, less sharpness. Otherwise, one is sharp here and sharp here. These sharp remarks even though true they don't help very much. Many people say, 'I am truthful and that's why people dislike me because I say something to their face.' Truth is not characterized by whips. If you speak truth, fine, the truth is there, but it should have some sweetness to it. Manu, the first lawgiver to the human race, said about speech: 'Satyāṁ brūyāt priyaṁ brūyāt na brūyāt satyam apriyam' Speak the truth, speak that which is sweet, don't speak the truth which is not sweet. Not that you can take liberty with the truth and massacre the whole field of behavior. Speak the simple, natural truth which is supporting life, which is nourishing life. Truth is always life-supporting if it is really truth, but it must come from a melted heart and not from a very unconcerned mind. No. So the moment TM begins, [there is] culture of the heart and culture of the mind,....." ~Maharishi~ ~Humboldt State University -- August 12, 1970 -- Audiotape~ * * * * * * * 1. TM Media Alert (USA): "Relieving the World’s Stress with Transcendental Meditation" -- zeitgeistminds.com -- Bob Roth (video)/September 2014 https://www.zeitgeistminds.com/talk/6125816425480192/relieving-the-worlds-stress-with-transcendental-meditation-bob-roth 2. TM Media Alert (USA): "Worth the Investment" -- About.com/Holistic Healing -- Venusji/September 19, 2014 http://healing.about.com/u/sty/transcendentalmeditation/transcendental-meditation-testimonials/Worth-the-Investment.htm Jai Guru Dev To subscribe, send a reply with "subscribe" entered as the subject or message; to unsubscribe, send a reply with "unsubscribe" entered as the subject or message. -- David Hooper 1000 Purusha Place, Suite 219 Romney, WV 26757
