> You forget sometimes who you are talking to here. > We're the people who actually went to TM Teacher > Training and were taught to mindlessly repeat > the things you're now mindlessly repeating. :-)
And this has *my* vote as Best FFL Quote of 2006 so far! --- TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I think you people are missing the point, > big-time. > > > > > > > > > > The very fact that someone should have to > take out > > > > > a loan to learn to meditate is what's > criminal. And > > > > > the organization that places the people of > the world > > > > > in that position are the criminals. > > > > > > > > ******************* > > > > > > > > An instruction fee has always been part of > Vedic culture. > > > > > > And that makes it OK? > > > > > > You people have *really* been trained to accept > the > > > status quo and praise anything labeled "Vedic," > > > haven't you? >> > > > > No you have been brainwashed and you don't even > know it. > > You have been brainwashed by Christian culture > into beleiveng > > that the most good is done if it is charity. > > I'll actually address this, just because it's so > stupid I think I can have fun doing so. :-) > > First, although the *dogma* of Christian culture > may assert such a thing, in practice, modern > Christianity acts in anything *but* a charitable > manner. Much of the "born again" movement is > based on "Me-first-ism," to the max. It's all > about the *individual* having an "experience of > Christ," and about the *individual* finding a > "relationship with Christ." Very little of the > teachings have to do with actually living the > way that Christ suggested one should live, in > terms of serving one's fellow man. (There are > strong exceptions to this, of course, and some > of these churches do wonderful work, and I > applaud them for doing so.) > > Second, since I was never a Christian and have > always had a strong antipathy to modern Christ- > ianity and its culture, it doesn't make a lot of > sense to suggest that I'd be brainwashed by it. :-) > > > This is a false notion and > > you are thinking like a child. > > And you assert that it's "false" based on what? > Something you were told by TM teachers who were > told what to tell you? :-) > > You forget sometimes who you are talking to here. > We're the people who actually went to TM Teacher > Training and were taught to mindlessly repeat > the things you're now mindlessly repeating. :-) > > > You need to start thinking bigger instead of this > > inneffective hippy idea of free communes and free > > love for all. > > This will not work to help the world. > > Actually, it would. But I don't think I've ever > suggested such a thing. What I've suggested is > that I believe that the teaching of meditation > is *most effective*, FOR ALL CONCERNED, when it > is done for free, with the teachers donating > their time and/or paying for the teaching process > themselves. I base this belief on the subjective > experience of having done it that way, having > done it the "other" way (the for-profit approach > taken by TM and other groups), and on watching > the effects of the two different teaching pro- > cesses, on both students and teachers. My main > reason for believing as I do is that I believe > that teaching for free is better *for the teachers*, > and that that which is better for them and enables > them to stay in a higher state of attention winds > up being better for the students as well. > > But if I understand correctly, you've never taught > meditation in *either* context, right? You're > just stating that things are FALSE and TRUE based > *entirely* on what you've been told by others. > Right? :-) :-) :-) > > > > > > > > ------------------------ 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 > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > __________________________________________ Yahoo! DSL Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less. dsl.yahoo.com ------------------------ 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/
