--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Dave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yet, no one has flown. No one is flying. > > This problem could have been avoided by simply not calling > it "flying" or making the claims for "flying." > > I have the original print ads used by the TMO when they rolled this > program out. They were fraught with untruth, as the succeeding > decades have born out. > > And yet, the TMO continues to talk about "yogic flying."
I don't think it's all that surprising. I think that Maharishi called them "flying" courses because he expected people to fly. My "take" on him is that if he can convince himself of the validity of an idea, no matter how absurd that idea may sound, he assumes that implement- ing it is pretty much a done deal. "Well begun is half done," and all that. Plus, *we* all believed that we were going to fly. C'mon now, guys...'fess up. :-) And when you've said or done something that outrageous, it's a little tough to back down and say, "Ooops. I was wrong." I'm in a weird category here on this forum. I've seen what appeared to be real levitation, possibly a hundred times over fourteen years. So I'm convinced it can be done, well enough that hundreds of people at a time can see it and agree on what they saw. But in my honest opinion what I witnessed there, *whatever it was*, was not the same phenomenon as bouncing on one's butt while performing the TM siddhis. Completely different energy profile, completely different results. So I'll say it. I heard all the rumors, and the official announcements (this was before any printed announcements of the course). And I paid my thousands of dollars because I really believed that I was going to learn how to fly, to levitate in mid air. Ooops. I was wrong. But that doesn't mean that I was *intentionally* misled by Maharishi or the TMO. I do *not* believe that it was a con scheme. He honestly believed that people would be hovering in mid air in a course or two. Ooops. He was wrong. But even though the siddhis didn't do diddley for me, I don't feel that I was conned in any way by the TMO. If there was a con, I conned myself. I made the decision to take the course. I came up with the money. No harm, no foul. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Check out the new improvements in Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/6pRQfA/fOaOAA/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/
