Sounds more like a passive-aggressive way to make you leave her. Apparently it worked!
--- "Bill (William)Simmons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thank you gerbal88 > > She often said to me,,,"Why are you with me, I have > nothing to offer. > > I always found that to be a very said reflection of > ones self worth. > And yet she claims to be on such a high spiritual > path. She feels > she is superior spiritually because she is a TM'er. > > --- In [email protected], gerbal88 > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "Bill > (William)Simmons" > > <unclewas@> wrote: > > > > > > I can't seem to come up with a rational reason > to spend a great > > > portion of my life in meditation. What gets > accomplished? What > gets > > > created? > > > > > > I'm not trying to be argumentative here or > confrontational, I am > > > just trying to understand . My X GF spends two > hours a day in > > > meditation and has for 25 years. Has no will to > work and has > made > > > this one thing the center point in her life. She > is what she > calls > > a > > > Sidhi. > > > > > > She says she transcends and connects to the > universal > > consciousness. > > > Cool!!!! but why the need to do this twice a > day for your life. > > > What's the point. Clearly given the recognition > of a higher > > > existance (through the acceptance of a higher > universal > > consciounes) > > > is it not reasonable to assume that one day we > will all leave > the > > > physical plane a transcend to this higher place > as part of the > > souls > > > natural evolution? > > > > > > So why spend the time we have been given here in > a physical form > > and > > > on a physical plane trying to get back to the > other side each > and > > > everyday....When its time to go home we'll all > get to go home. > > > > > > It seems to me like a person who goes away on a > vacation to a > far > > > off exotic land only to spend every day, twice a > day calling > home > > to > > > see how things are back there. > > > > > > Me I am here now in the present and on this > plane of existance > to > > > experience what is here in all its positive and > negative > aspects. > > > Why else would I be here if it wasn't to > experience what is here > on > > > this level of existance. > > > > > > I am wrong???? > > > > Hi, Bill -- I don't think you are wrong. Even > Mahesh, in the early > > days, said the whole purpose of his meditation was > so that we > could > > enjoy life. He went so far as to say that we judge > the benefit of > our > > meditation by how well things go in daily activity > [a bit of a > > paraphrase, but accurate nonetheless]. > > > > So I wonder what form of meditation your X GF is > doing. > > > > When Mahesh realized that he was basically a > nobody whom the > Beatles > > ditched, he got rather more aggressive and began > to churn out more > > and more to do (i.e., more and more for the > punters to buy to > enrich > > himself). He got rich and more and more people > noticed that the > more > > and more they had bought was making them more and > more exhausted. > > > > The mind, proclaimed Mahesh cunningly, goes in the > direction of > more > > and more. Greed sells. Any salesman knows this. > Something for > nothing > > is a hot item, no matter what it costs. > > > > The purpose of meditation? Well, like Mahesh said: > to enrich your > > daily activity. If it isn't enriching life, why > are you doing it? > > > > Monks, nuns, recluse types do spend great portions > of their life > in > > deep meditation. But they also don't engage in > daily activity as > > ordinary folk do. -- Mahesh used to make a big > deal of recluse > > mantras and householder mantras. But that's just a > diversion from > the > > real effects of his meditation-method. His > meditation- > > method/householder mantras turned a lot of folks > into recluses and > > I'm not sure this is good. Maybe it kept them > hooked on his every > new > > greatest sure thing, I don't know. > > > > But you raise all the right questions. There are > good meditation > > practises that really do enrich daily life. From > my experience, > > however, I doubt very seriously that Mahesh's TM > is one of them. > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com 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/
