--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "jyouells2000" <jyouells@> > wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], "uns_tressor" <uns_tressor@> > > > wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "nablus108" <nablus108@> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > When Maharishi postulated his ideas about the CIA > infiltrating > > > > > the Movement in the '70s he commented that their agenda is; > > > > > divide, divide, divide... > > > > > > He was just projecting... > > > > Actually, he was doing what spiritual teachers have > > done for eons when the predicted results of their > > teachings don't work out as quite promised. That > > is, he was trying to create a sense of 'group > > identity' based on paranoia -- us vs. them -- to > > replace the sense of group identity that would have > > developed naturally if people had been realizing > > enlightenment as predicted, or even having strong > > and consistent spiritual experiences. > > So nobody in TM was having strong and consistent > spiritual experiences back in the '70s? >
Well, I was having CC experiences within a few months of learning TM, but the local teachers didn't recognize them, and being a naive 18-year-old with a dysfunctional family background, I made a LOT of stressful lifestyle choices that kinda pushed my nervous system out of allignment for a few decades. > > > > > You see it in many spiritual trips, especially > > around the 'seven-year mark' of the tradition's > > popularity. It's that point at which people start > > to wonder whether it's all been worth it for them. > > If a lot of them are starting to realize that the > > 'payoff' isn't quite what was promised, one of the > > first tricks trotted out by the spiritual teachers > > is the 'us vs. them' thang. Works every time, too, > > because it appeals to the part of every seeker > > that wants to feel important, snd worthy of > > persecution. > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Great things are happening at Yahoo! Groups. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/TISQkA/hOaOAA/yQLSAA/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/
