I agree with much of this. I wasn't trying to endorse claims that TMO programs necessarily result in superior levels of health. I was really referring to the entire TM and ex-TM spiritual community here, which I guess (and we're only dealing in subjective impressions here) shapes up pretty well in terms of overall mental health. So I still think your comment that "we" are worse off mentally than the general population may give people the wrong impression. Sure, there are some people on anti-depressants and other medication, but that's true of our general age group everywhere. I do think that many years of involvement in TM has given many people here an optimistic spiritual orientation to the world, as well as a desire to harmonize their lives with all aspects of "natural law," which is neither illusory nor closed-minded and is not a characteristic of the general population, whether in Fairfield or anywhere else.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "markmeredith2002" < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37" <feste37@> wrote: > > > > Meredith always takes the negative view, but I would hate it if the > out-of- > > towners on this board allowed his comments to fuel their already > jaundiced > > beliefs about what happens to those who are involved in the TM > movement. > > My guess is that rates of illness, whether mental or physical, are > no higher in > > the sidha community than anywhere else, and possibly lower. The > truth as I > > see it is that this is a vibrant community that has done and > continues to to > > amazing things for Fairfield. The creative energy is remarkable, and > many > > people who take advantage of all that is on offer here enjoy > excellent health, > > physical, mental and spiritual. > > I responded to this earlier but it doesn't seem to have shown up, so > I'll try a brief recap. > > I was opposing the claim that ffld sidhas exhibit clearly superior > health due to intense molecular purification from the sidhi program. > My perception is we're about average physically and probably worse off > mentally. My main pt though is that after 30 yrs there's no clear > evidence that sidhas have superior health, which it seems feste would > also agree with. Most sidhas here that I know have let go of > distinguishing themselves from the "non meditators" that live and work > along side them. > > I object strongly that somehow my rebuttal of a tmo health claim > somehow means I'm negative on ffld and/or the sidha community. This > is exactly what I am negative about - the need for TMO TBs to claim > that ffld is their domain, that everything good that happens here is > due to them and superradiance, and the associated need to whitewash > anything bad or even average about life here. > > I've lived here for the better part of 30 yrs because this is a > uniquely vibrant community. The influx of meditators has been a > positive for the town, certainly economically and culturally. How > much of the town's progress has to do directly with the sidhis and > superradiance is very debatable in my mind. I feel creative and > innovative people were drawn to TM in their youth and eventually made > their way here with creative and innovative contributions. Ffld has > had its ups and down, all of which have had little correlation with > dome numbers or s-ved buildings or whatever the tmo claims is solving > all sidhas' problems that particular year. In short, despite 30 yrs > of endless propaganda, Ffld is not a utopian sidha community, nor > thank god any longer the cultish community it was in the 80s. > > Please don't label me negative about my town because I don't go along > with TMO propaganda. > ------------------------ 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/
