I once heard Maharishi talk about his early days while in Germany. He said that
the German teachers had told him, in so many words, "if you can't dazzle them
with brilliance, then baffle them with bullshit", an old W.C. Fields quote. Of
course M didn't use those words but that was the gist of it. Try to talk
*above* your audience. And of course, that explains the *flowery* speak the TMO
is noted for. You're so baffled by the idiocy of how something is presented to
you that the substance escapes your critical thinking.
From: salyavin808 <no_re...@yahoogroups.com>
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2016 12:51 AM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Happy Birthday! David Lynch Turns 70 Today
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <mdixon.6569@...> wrote :
It's called *getting them in the door, by hook or by crook*. If you were a
student of foreign languages, someone would come up with a study that says TM
fine tunes the ear, making it easier to hear and thus pronounce words in a
foreign language better. Whatever floats your boat in other words.
Yes, I was being rhetorical. It's obvious he's a front man for the same old BS
from the TMO, blind 'em with science and hope they don't follow the links from
the impressive looking list of journal references.
Remember the references they cited when they wanted everyone to buy houses that
faced east? A list of 10 papers in the International Journal of Neurophysiology
no less, but follow the link and it turned out to be a bunch of interesting,
but irrelevant, stuff about how rats find their way about in the dark. Nothing
about inherent direction finding in mammals, and even if there was it would be
magnetic and therefore north/south based. Why would a mammal be east sensitive?
Anyway, they were obviously hoping no one would actually go and look.
I always thought Lynch was there to project an image simply of the benefits of
meditation without all the silly woo-woo that is associated with TM like the
levitation that isn't, and yagyas and world peace creation. That stuff goes
down well with the True Believer but the average Joe will see through it in a
second, hence the need for a new approach with a bit of apparently independent
celebrity endorsement. The website looks great but it looks like he's borrowed
the same approach - and undoubtably written by the same people - from the TMO.
From: salyavin808 <no_re...@yahoogroups.com>
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2016 3:14 PM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Happy Birthday! David Lynch Turns 70 Today
My first glance at Lynch's website doesn't fill me with hope that the TMO have
started playing straight with the facts. He makes a claim for 51% reduction in
physical problems associated with HIV/AIDS and provides a link to references.
Follow the link and there are only two papers related to HIV/AIDS, one
unpublished one by MUM, and another that admits in its own abstract that the
sample size was too small to justify the claims and further research is needed
for validation. And in any case, was only related to vitality and not physical
problems.
I know people who have died of AIDS and I am pissed off that the TMO would
potentially try and get the hopes up of sick people with the usual dump of
impressive sounding claims that aren't backed up. So where is the data, did I
miss something? My best guess from reading that lot is that they are
extrapolating from their other unconnected "research", but look down the list
of references and it's all the same old stuff from the collected papers that no
one ever rated as quality research, sure some of the newer stuff might be
better but is it relevant?
Another of the claims for TM as an HIV/AIDS treatment great for anxiety and
depression, are there any papers on mental health TM and AIDS patients? No.
There's a few website testimonials but we all know they prove nothing. Besides,
I know so many long term TMers that get a bit of extra help for personal
problems that I've lost count, just as well they weren't included in the
research huh? And then there's the FF Mental Health Alliance, does Lynch know
about this blatant contradiction of the claims on his website?
I'm curious, can anyone else find a decent bit of research actually showing
that TM helps people with AIDS in the way they claim on Lynch's site?
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <mikemail4you@...> wrote :
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THE GREEK HAPPY BIRTHDAY SONG FOR DAVID LYNCH, sung by Demetrios Kanellakos,
JANUARY 20, 2016
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DAVID LYCH INSPIRED HALF OF HOLLYWOODS STARS
TO SPONSER THE DAVID LYNCH FOUNDATION
TO BRING TM TO MORE THAN 200 000 SCHOOLKIDSAND VETERANS AND OTHERS WHO NEED
HELPTO BECOME FIT FOR LIFE AND DEVELOP THEIRFULL POTENTIAL.
AMONG THE STARS WHO MEDITATE ARE
JERRY SEINFELD AND KATHY PERRY,
THE 2 MOST SUCCESSFULL ARTISTS OF 2015...
PLEASE ENJOY DAVIDS WONDERFULL INSPIRING WEBSITE:
https://www.davidlynchfoundation.org/
“The Quiet TimeProgram is the most powerful, effective program I’ve come across
in my40 years as a public school educator. It is nourishing these childrenand
providing them an immensely valuable tool for life. It is savinglives.”
—James S. Dierke, Executive Vice President, American Federation of School
Administrators
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