--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bbrigante <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" > > <shempmcgurk@> wrote: > > > > > So, Spare Egg, would you agree that, at least according to MMY's > > own > > > words, that "going 100% against one's original meditation > > teacher's > > > teachings" is not necessarily a bad thing? > > > > > > Citation: > > > > > > May 24, 2003 Press Conference > > > > > > http://mou.org/media/replay.cgi > > > > > > > > > Maharishi: What I have taught, because it has > > > it's eternal authenticity in > > > the vedic literature and you should know that, > > > how many? 30 - 40 thousand > > > teachers of TM I have trained and many of them > > > have gone on their own and > > > they may not call it Maharishi's TM but they are > > > teaching it in some > > > different name here and there. So there's a lot > > > of these, artificial things > > > are going on, doesn't matter, as long as the man > > > is getting something useful > > > to make his life better, we are satisfied. > > > > > ****************************** > > > > MMY is referring to the fact that some TM teachers are teaching > > authentic TM under a different name or are simply on their own, not > > affiliated with the movement. MMY is not suggesting that any old > > type of meditation would be OK, but simply saying that if a > teacher, > > whether he reports to the movement or not, and whether it calls it > > TM or not, who is actually teaching TM as instructed by MMY, is > > giving out something useful, and MMY is satisfied with that. > > > > Bob Brigante > > http://geocities.com/bbrigante/updates2006.html > > > > Chopra was never trained as a TM teacher, so its quite a stretch for > people to justify Chopra teaching TM-like meditation based on MMY's > reference to his students since those are obviously TM teachers, > given the context. > > And again, the complaints that many level here about MMY not properly > training people to handle unstressing/kundalini/whatever seem to > apply even more to a "6-day intensive" training course on how to > teach meditation. But I don't see the same people stepping up and > criticizing Chopra's teaching for the same issue. Perhaps they feel > that the 6-days impart all the training needed, while the 3-12-month > training that TM teachers recieved was inadequate? > > Or perhaps they just like bashing MMY and will use any ole excuse to > do so. >
Weren't the original "Meditation Guides" courses 2 weeks long? Was that checking and initiating or checking and 3 days after the traveling initiator initiated? JohnY ------------------------ 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/
