>
> --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote:
> > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote:
> > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Leaving aside the debate about whether or not the ME
> > > > works, why do you say that I should take my medication
> > > > because I say that the ME strategy is completely benign?
> > >
> > > Relying on the Maharishi Effect to solve the world's
> > > problems is 'benign' in the same way as walking by a
> > > family starving in the gutter and saying, "God will
> > > provide for them." It's putting one's fantasies
> > > where one's wallet or sweat should be.
> >
> > So, people who believe in the ME should forgo group
> > meditation because the time spent heading to the dome
> > or someone's house or whatever could be spent working
> > for habitat for humanity?
>
> Do you ever *listen* to the things you say before you
> write them?
>
> Someday, dude, you really have to get beyond the black-
> and-white way you see things. What's to prevent some-
> one from doing *both* -- going to the dome *and* doing
> things for humanity? The thing is, *most* TB TMers
> *don't* do both, and the reason is that they've been
> taught for decades that the latter is ineffective or
> a waste of their time, and that only bouncing on their
> butts and giving their money to the TMO is worthwhile.
>
> Same with a lot of other faith-based approaches to
> solving the world's problems. I know people who are
> strong Christians and *both* go to church and support
> their church's programs for the poor and disadvantaged
> *and* get down and dirty helping those people them-
> selves. As opposed to those who just go to church and
> slip a few bucks in the collection plate and think
> that covers their responsibility to humanity.
>
> What I'm suggesting is that the predominant teaching
> in the TM movement is the latter. There has *always*
> been a strong dogma against gettin' down and dirty and
> working to solve the world's problems on the level of
> the problem. And there has *always* been an equal
> reluctance to use any of the immense amounts of money
> that the TMO has accumulated to actually help people
> who are starving, and thus not really potential
> candidates to learn TM.
>
> I know that you probably believe the bullshit you spout
> here, that the important thing is to convince all the
> rich people of the world to pay for TM for those who
> can't afford it, but I think that's just a line of bull
> that you've been indoctrinated in by the TMO. Let's
> face it, dude...given what you've said here about your
> success in finding consulting gigs regularly, if you
> hadn't learned TM decades ago, you would never be able
> to afford to learn it today. You certainly wouldn't
> take out a loan to learn it, and so its benefits would
> pass you by.
>
> And the True Believers in the TM movement would not lose
> a moment's sleep because you couldn't learn TM. It wouldn't
> touch them in the least, because they've been taught to
> not really care about the *individuals* in society who
> are needy. Instead, they've been taught to care only about
> generalities, vague descriptions of the problems of humanity
> that they don't have to *feel* or participate in.
>
> Hey, you got me started... :-)
>
What happens when someone devoted to teaching tm tries to do it at a
more resonable price, and isn't willing to lie about it? He is sued.
(I know it'll be argued, here, that they are protecting the service
marks, but they have established a precident and it will happen
again.) Wait, watch and see.
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