--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> 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..." > > > > Heh. I wouldn't blame TM, but only the insular environment > > where they are living. > > I'm not convinced. The same mindset has been present > in *every* TM environment I've ever lived or worked > in, including the centers and administrative offices > in the heart of Los Angleles. One can create an 'island' > anywhere if one wants to. > > The question for me is whether this mindset is the > result of TM per se or the effect of decades of > indoctrination in "Don't focus on the negative." > I don't know. >
I believe it's the latter. Indeed, I'll go one step further and suggest that the implication of all this is: TM works for everyone except for the people in the TMO. Being in the TMO puts meditators in the ironic position of almost, by definition, NOT being on the program. Being a TBer seems to make the meditator abandon his own traditions and employment of the rationale and common sense that ordinary people would opt for and, instead, reach for a collection of values that are cult-oriented and skewered. For example, making a decision to act based upon the observation that it is better to go meditate in order to dissipate negativity instead of disarming a potential assassin is NOT rational...or basing your decision NOT to call the cops when someone stabs another person because that will inflate crime stats for your precious Maharishi Effect is NOT rational. Again, being "on the program" means meditating twice daily and then going out into the field of activity and acting according to the dictates of your own traditions and common sense. THAT'S TM. People in the TMO do NOT do this and, hense, are NOT doing the TM Program. And if they aren't doing the TM Program they aren't going to get the benefits of it... TM works but you gotta practise it in order for it to work. Wysong and Dillbeck obviously weren't practising the TM Program but, rather, some misguided amalgum of the TM technique and a set of self- imposed cult-indoctrination rules. In article 45 of the brief, "staff members" claimed that the reason that Sem stabbed Killian was because of improper practise of TM. Ironically, it very well may have been the incorrect practise of TM by administrators that led to Sem's murdering of Butler... ------------------------ 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/
