--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- 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
...on a totally different topic: Note your grammar above. You wrote: "Me, I don't personally...". I've seen you do that before, Tantra, and I suspect that this has crept into your lexicon from living in France! Do you think so? Coming from a french-speaking area (Quebec) we use that grammatical construction as well: "Moi, je ne veux pas...or whatever". Am I on to something here? Or is this just as acceptable in English? > 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/
