--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Jan 2, 2006, at 11:24 AM, TurquoiseB 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. > > > > 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. :-) > > Having spent log periods of time around other yogic traditions, one > thing you definitely notice over time in authentic enlightenment > traditions is that people tangibly evolve, even at the level of the > personality. It's really a heartening thing to witness. If you notice > people each have their own unique presence and manifestation all > their own; in people deeply purifying that presence changes. I've > seen some of the roughest, harshest people become soft and flexible. >
So have I. Of course, they aren't in positions of authority at MUM, as a for instance... ------------------------ 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/
