Calling people *backward* is judgemental. They may be very well be going
through what their dharma expects of them, what they need at that very moment
in their evolution.
Where they end up could put all of us to shame.
From: "Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]"
<FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2016 7:52 PM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] TM mantras revisited
As you know TM would not be my choice to use in schools because it IS too
expensive and somewhat limited. My first experience with any kind of
meditation was in the 5th grade when some of the intermediate band members were
added to the advanced or high school band. The teacher took us through what we
today would call a "guided meditation" of imagining a handkerchief slowly
falling to the ground. This was an attempt to get the kids to quiet down enough
to concentrate on playing the music.
The problem is that Sanskrit mantras do tend to work very well even though
they really are just sounds attributed to "Hindu gods" which in reality are
analogs for forces of nature.
As for "missing the boat" I think a lot of people think that about the
backward. We should encourage them to move forward. There are just some
ideologies that don't fit well into this era. A lot of fundamentalism is
interpreting too literally a teaching that was not supposed to be taken so.
On 11/27/2016 05:30 PM, Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote:
Equal protection under the law, I would assume. If public schools are
going to protect non- Christians from being *harmed* by being in the presence
of organized prayer.... what's good for the goose is good for the gander. BTW,
it won't just be *fundamentalists* that oppose it. Nearly every other sect of
main stream Christianity would also.
I'm not exactly sure that you are qualified to say *who has or hasn't* missed
the boat. Our karma determines our dharma. Is yoga a *blessing* to get ahead or
is it a blessing to catch-up? Each person has it's mission in life. The camp
you find yourself in, is probably the one you need the most.
From: "Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]"
<FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2016 7:07 PM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] TM mantras revisited
Why should we care what fundamentalists think? There are such kinds
in every religion and they missed the boat a long time ago. They are a minority
and should never be treated like they are a majority. It's not like we keep
them from learning anything as it's up to them to ask to learn.
On 11/27/2016 04:39 PM, yifux...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote:
Thx again Doug for posting the Smithsonian article on the Quietist schools
supported by Lynch, under the direction of an apparent independent academic
party (the independence part is something new and unexpected....since it lends
credibility to the science). ....Unfortunately, the venture may not go over
well as soon as the Fundamentalist Christians learn of it. Put yourself in
their shoes. First step Google TM Mantras, or "Are TM Mantras Names of the
Gods". Naturally, they will select the very first entry on top, and use that
to attempt to discredit the Quietist schools. ...Next, they will gather a
group of like-minded Folk to picket the schools and put pressure on the local
politicians to put a lid on the venture, claiming the separation of Church and
State (since their conclusion will be that the TM mantras are the Names of the
Hindu Gods, according to the very first google entry that comes up.). Any TM
practitioner knows that when using the mantras, they aren't praying to the
actual "Gods"; but the reality of what actually happens is experientially
obscure and beyond the superficial understanding of the Fundamentalists. A
media frenzy will ensue, since the media feeds on superficiality.
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