--- In [email protected], "markmeredith2002" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I haven't followed this thread closely but: > > Do people see the tm mov't and or its techniques as > being bhakti? How odd. What's remotely bhakti about > it? Of course one can appreciate or be devoted to MMY, > just like you can with anyone, but I've just never > seen bhakti practices or attitudes promoted by the tmo.
There is promoted and then there is promoted. The people in the TMO who tend to relate to MMY in a bhakti fashion *also* tend to be promoted to positions of leadership within the organization. This presents an unspoken but very powerful promotion of the bhakti approach. And, of course, the negative side of bhakti that I've been discussing (which is *not* its only side) is very evident in the TM movement. *Don't* do exactly what the teacher says, and you tend to be history. > How many of the tm people here who think they're bhaktis > have been in the same room with MMY in the past 20 yrs? A good point. > Ever? An even better point. :-) > What personal instruction have you gotten from him recently? Or ever? > Stalkers of celebrities probably think they're bhaktis > of them too. Best line in the discussion so far. :-) :-) :-) I'll leave it at that... ------------------------ 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/
