--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Dec 17, 2005, at 3:21 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > It's just utterly fascinating to me how people who > > have been involved in the TM movement or other "We've > > got the answers if you've got the cash" spiritual > > movements get warped by that over the years. They > > tend to react to everything spiritual that they > > encounter as if someone is trying to sell them some- > > thing. And they tend to doubt the new thing as a > > default because not much that's been sold to them > > in the past has done much for them. > > > > Add to that the focus that Maharishi and TM have put > > on "scientific verification" of something (enlight- > > enment) that defies even *subjective* verification, > > and you've got a interesting mix -- people who > > profess to be seekers, but who have been programmed > > to automatically reject that which they seek. > > It is amazing isn't it? It's amazing what clever marketing can do. > > I think the best example of this is their selling of the word and the > idea "transcendental". It leads people to believe that what they are > getting is actually transcendental. One of the ways they keep up the > facade is to use english terms and avoid the original sanskrit terms > as much as possible. Once you begin to look closely at what technical > terms in yoga, etc. are actually translated as "transcendental", you > see see that TM at best gives a momentary glimpse, that's all. It's a > good intro. What they sell people on is really a thought-free state, > not a transcendental state. And the closer you look, the further you > see this deceptive marketing goes. It's so deceptive most people > don't even realize they are being lied to. > > One wonders since siddhi performance increases the force of our > delusions (maya-shakti) if that was the idea: increase delusion, push > sales. >
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