--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > See above. You're just making excuses. > > > > > > > > No, I was assuming that people were learning because of > > > > recent news on the subject. > > > > > > Faulty assumption, probably made because you have > > > a rather unhealthy reliance on science, taught to > > > you by the TMO. :-) > > > > No, just an assumption that people decide to do things > > because they hear something about other people doing > > things. It's called "advertising," though it doesn't > > need to be organized by the people with the "product." > > Lawson, wake up and smell the soma. > > You think this way because you've dealt for thirty > years with people who treated meditation as a *product*. > They're trying to make *money* by *selling* this > product. That's all they're interested in; that's > all they've *ever* been interested in. > > The Buddhists are treating meditation as a valuable > resource that is priceless. They believe it should > *never* be sold, and so they pay for all the costs of > teaching themselves, so that it can be made available > free as a *service*, NOT a "product."
As Judy would say: non sequitur. We were talking about why now instead of 5 years ago. > > People off the street actually *respond* to this. > Whereas when they get the vibe of a bunch of money- > grubbers trying to justify an unconscionable price > for something they've turned into a "product," > they're turned off. > > YOU reflect the TM mindset. You really can't even > *conceive* of meditation as anything but a product > any more. > > > > > Why are people learning Buddhist meditation NOW, > > > > rather than 5 years ago, do you suppose or have > > > > the number of people starting remained constant? > > > > > > Probably because they look around and see that most > > > of the people around them aren't happy and fulfilled. > > > And then they look at these Buddhist teachers, and > > > see that they are happy and fulfilled. Simple as that. > > > > But why now and not 5 years ago? > > You said they weren't learning five years ago. I > didn't agree with you. They were. They always > have been. There has been a steady influx of people > coming to this organization to learn meditation for > free since it was started. The only difference > lately is that they've been offering lectures and > classes at the university, closer to where the > students actually are. OK, that's information I didn't know. > > You're just in knee-jerk mode, trying (once again) > to assert that TM is "better" than other techniques, > and trying to find some way to explain why people > are attracted to Tibetan Buddhist meditation and > not attracted to TM. Well duh...just LOOK at the > two different organizations, the people who repre- > sent those organizations, and how they present > themselves and what they have to offer. One is > all about selfless service and offering a service > for free, and the other is all selfish self-interest > and making money by selling a product. > > It's really as simple as that. No amount of pseudo- > science about TM the product is EVER going to be able > to wash away the bad taste that the public gets from > those who have turned a valuable service *into* a > product. > Of course, you're assuming that its pseudo-science, and that most people get a "bad taste" etc. ------------------------ 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/
