--- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > It's not *about* the CIA. It's about eltitists' innate > > need to feel important. 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. > > > > It's so common in religious and spiritual traditions that > > the mind boggles that people still believe this crap. > > But people still believe this crap, because they're more > > desperate to be "important" than they are to be rational. > > > I agree with everything in your assessment above, Tantra, except I > do also believe that the two twenty minute periods of TM are great > periods of rest and, yes, do release stree in both the individual > practising it and the atmosphere. That fanatical true-believes > also hold that position does not take away from what I believe > is a reality.
I have no problem with you or anyone else believing that. Me, I don't personally believe that so-called "stress" has anything whatsoever to do with the lack of realization in the individual or with world problems, so it wouldn't make sense for me to believe that. As for the basic TM technique being beneficial, no problemo. If the organization that thought it up still cared enough about helping people to make the technique available at a reasonable cost, I could probably overlook their blatant moneygrubbing in other areas. But they don't. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
