> Not only do I feel the NLP was a complete waste of TM but it > whittled away what little credibility the TMO had left. > > Look, the NLP being a political party, by definition, had to take > political and policy stands on the whole range of issues that affect > the societies and countries they ran candidates in: health care, > abortion, gun control, capitalism versus socialism, etc. etc. > > Once you take positions on all of those things you are, in effect, > adopting a philosophy, a way of looking at the world and, indeed, > putting yourself at opposition to those in other parties that hold > differing views on those matters. > > Being a philosophy violates that basic tenet of TM that it is > neither a religion or a philosophy. TM is supposed to be for > everybody: capitalists or communists, Democrats or Republicans, Left > or Right. Once you take positions on things, you are bound to piss > off those that are on the other side of the spectrum from you. > > So when you announce to the world that TM is not a philosophy and > then, after holding onto and practising that tenet for 30 years of > your existence, abandon it and start BEING a philosophy, people > notice. And you lose credibility. > > That's why the NLP was a horrible disaster for the TMO. They should > NEVER have done it, it was wrong, and it was just another nail in > the coffin of what was once a great movement.
That is a surprise. It was different germany. 1) NLP was a quite good advertisment campain. 2) TM peopel (especily TM teachers) realised that the language they were speaking coulnd`t be understood by most of the non-TM-peopel. Probabbly because we did not take anny political and policy stands. Messeg was "TM" and "no gmo food" thats all. ------------------------ 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/
