--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > A few things don't quite make sense: if Wysong felt he was > > in personal danger why did he go to another room and meditate > > (unless he thinks his Maharishi effect of one was sufficient > > protection or something)? > > He essentially did the same thing Suzy Dillbeck did. > When faced with a situation that they perceived as > unpleasant, rather than handle it or deal with it > head-on (which was, after all, their JOB), they ran > for what they perceived as shelter and left the > situation to "handle itself." Wysong ran to the > shelter of meditation, Dillbeck to the comfort of > Maharishi's image. > > It's a pretty strong indictment of the claim that > TM makes one more able to deal with 'stress' and > function effectively in the real world. I can only > hope that the next time I fly the person in charge > of air traffic control does NOT practice TM. "Oh... > two planes on a collision course...better meditate..." >
Rather, I think it an indictment of people in an organisation/cult who superimpose the instructions and/or philosophy surrounding the mental technique they practise onto the field of activity, something they shouldn't be doing. Indeed, it goes against the instructions of the TM Program (i.e. Dillbeck and Wysong were "off the program"). It all goes back to what I keep repeating on this forum: do TM twice a day and then go into the field of activity and act according to the dictates of common sense and your own traditions, NOT according to the dictates or what you perceive to be the dictates of a TM philosophy (because TM is NOT a philosophy). To do so means you are bastardizing what TM is. The dictates of what a reasonable person would do in a similar situation and common sense is what should have guided the actions and decisions of both Dillbeck and Wysong, NOT some perceived laws of nature as laid down by MMY. So I would still contend that a person practising TM will, certainly, be a more successful acting person...but that assumes he is using rationality and common sense in his life and NOT bastardizing the field of activity with rules and regulations that are meant to describe laws of nature in an academic setting. ------------------------ 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/
