--- In [email protected], "Patrick Gillam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It strikes me as a little bit crazy that we talk so > much theory around here. This master says this. > That master say that. That's fine, but what does > *your* research reveal? > > Maybe I'm harping on this because I've been > thinking lately about the approach to science > taken by Waldorf schools. In middle school, rather > than say, "Here's the theory, now look for evidence > of it in this experiment," they conduct the experiment, > then ask the students, "What did you observe?" > > In other words, instead of telling people what to > expect -- teaching the View, as Vaj might say -- > they encourage kids to pay attention and draw their > own conclusions. Those conclusions lead naturally > to a "right" answer. > > Whenever some question of experience arises on > Fairfield Life and people start posting a meditation > teacher's views on the subject, I get a little frustrated. > We have probably dozens of active readers here > with extensive experience in various schools of > meditation and personal growth. Seems to me > we could draw our own conclusions empirically.
Right ON!!! > Given the choice between a teacher's teachings and > the direct experiences of Lawson English and Bob > Brigante, I'd rather hear the latter. Exactly. The timidity of people who have been taught to believe the "experts" rather than trust their own experience is continually frustrating. I find myself wondering whether these folks will *ever* learn to trust their own experiences. After all this time WHO CARES what TeacherX or SwamiZ has to say about anything? On the other hand, hearing what other seekers have to say about their own subjective experiences might be inter- esting, if they just weren't so afraid to express them... ------------------------ 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/
