wrote:
>
> --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote:
> >
> > --- In [email protected], Peter <drpetersutphen@>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > Sounds like good stuff. To bad it's now contained in
> > > the ugly setting of a fanatical cult!
> >
> > Guffaw.
> >
> > The only cult-followers I see surrounding TM are the ones who
> think its
> > a fanatical cult. I mean, if it works as advertised, people
> eventually
> > MUST become less fanatical over time.
> >
> I was thinking about that when I read that earlier quote that
> tri3nity posted, speaking about how it wasn't the length or
> diligence of practice that brought about liberation, but the
> orientation of the practitioner during the practice.
I don't agree. If (and its a small if) TM works as advertised, it
changes the way the brain works regardless of the orientation of the
practitioner during practice.
>
> I was further thinking that perhaps Maharishi, recognizing that TM
> on its own dissolves the underpinnings of actions associated with
> the will, acts in such a way to guide those who follow him, to
> eventually surrender to the Self. More of an intuitive thought than
> an analytical one.
>
I don't think that TM disolves the underpinnings of actions
associated with the will. The "will" is every bit as strong in
someone in CC, if not stronger, but "will" is not "Self."
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