But it is very reassuring to be told that resting for some minutes 
twice a day helps prevent most illnesses, war and natural disasters 
AND it makes it easier to gloss over bad news in the belief that one 
is already doing one's bit for the world.
Surely there must be some truth in this dictum, even if it has at 
times been exaggerated.


> The TM organization panders to
> elitism.  It tells its members that they're so important
> that when they meditate they clear "stress" from the
> atmosphere and that when they bounce on their butts they
> create world peace.  It tells them that their belief
> systems are better than anyone else's in the world.  And
> to put the cherry on top of the self-importance cake, it
> tells people that they are SO important that the CIA and
> other evil forces are trying to persecute the founder of
> this So Very Special And Important Tradition, and thus
> are indirectly trying to persecute *them*, the really
> important ones, the ones who make it all happen with
> their cash.






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