--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > I think it is safe to say that one could spend an > > > > entire lifetime in the TM movement and never hear > > > > the concept of one's everyday actions being important > > > > to the realization of enlightenment. The predominant > > > > myth has always been "Just meditate, and action will > > > > take care of itself." (paraphrasing, not quoting) > > > > > > Just meditate and perform action in accordance with one's own > > > culture and religion's moral and ethical values, and > > > enlightenment will happen (paraphrasing, not quoting). > > > > > > "Master, other than meditating, what can we do to attain > > > enlightenment as fast as possible?" > > > "Eat when you're hungry; sleep when you're sleepy." > > > > > > (quoting, not paraphrasing) > > > > Uh...I know that's the party line, but I think the > > reason this whole topic has arisen is that a number > > of people suspect that the party line is a bunch of > > hooey, and that things don't quite work like that. > > That's the ZEN party line, loon. > > > And the *reason* they suspect this is because they > > have watched the people in the TM movement follow > > the above party line for 30-40 years without any > > discernible change in their shitty and uncaring > > behavior. :-) > > So does enlightenment guarantee a change in behavior? Seems to me > that you have argued quite vigorously that it does not.
You're asking for *consistency* from Barry? Silly you. Consistency, as he's often told us, is a sign of retarded evolution and attachment to one's opinions. ------------------------ 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/
