--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "curtisdeltablues" <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > Right. I am familiar with the basic mechanics of TM. > > Since all experiences are of equal value, it seems odd to talk about the value of > transcendence.
I don't get it. Getting attacked by killer bees would be an experience of less "value" than going to the movies and seeing a killer bee attack; in my book. (maybe not yours). Using the word "value" gets us into the realm of economics, and in that orientation, what people value is what they say it is!...it's something subjective, but subject to demographic and statistical studies. Thus, value is closely allied to the concept of wants and needs; but the boundaries between such concepts are not always clear cut. In any event, the value of different experiences differ, judging by common sense usage; and especially the non-spiritual usage of most academic departments: politics, economics, sociology, (especially the latter. Wit: the heated debates between liberals and conservatives on the O'Reilly show). Value is also an important consideration in traditional Buddhism, and even in Nichiren's Buddhism, which essentially states that values are substantially identical to wants. > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "curtisdeltablues" > > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > > > > > OK. I thought you were joking. Transcending is the cornorstone of > > > > MMY's program. It is the single most important part of his teaching. > > > > It is considered going to the home of all knowldedge and all the laws > > > > of nature. It is going to the highest first. It is watering the root > > > > so you can enjoy the fruit. It is pulling back the bow so you can let > > > > the arrow of activity fly. It is the rest before activity. It is > > > > capturing the fort so you can enjoy all the silver and gold mines. > > > > > > > > Come on Spraig help me out here. You are a sharp guy. What are you > > > > talking about? MMY considers transcending "Valuable". > > > > > > As long as you are doing the technique correctly, transcending is no > > more valueable than > > > being lost in thoughts... > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> See what's inside the new Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/2pRQfA/bOaOAA/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/
