--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], steven klayman <thedoc108@> > wrote: > > > > The fact is many people in the movement are receiving > > deeksha because it gives direct experience of the > > Divine, is not a path or a spiritual technique, has no > > teachings, no scriptures to read nor is obedience or > > loyalty to any gurus needed. It is just pure > > experience. > > And for many of them, pure experience is something > that the TM movement only talks about, and never > provides. So of course they're open to something > that *might* provide that experience.
Most people don't report regular periods of transcending during TM -- even the long-term meditators don't. OTOH, people who have practiced TM for more than 4 months tend to show the same general EEG pattern, though it DOES get more pronounced during a period of TC. Long-term TMers show this pattern more outside meditation, and peoplewho report witnessing 24/7 show it more than those who don't. I'd say that TM provides SOME kind of experience to everyone who continues it, even if its not flashy, if TC can be called "flashy." > > The interesting thing in all of this is whether > the scenario will play out as it always has in the > past. That is, first comes the "pronouncement" > stating that the technique or teacher in question > is not endorsed by the TM movement. Next comes > the part where anyone who ignores this rather > obvious warning is declared persona non grata. > And finally, either those that prefer the outside-TM experience leave the TM organization, or the TM organization suddenly recognizes the value of the formerly unauthorized experience and openly embraces it as "Maharishi Diksha." I doubt if this last possibility will happen though. 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/
