Hi, Curtis -- Barry Markovsky called TM a stealth religion. I think that is quite apt considering how he and his minions have suckered so many ordinary folks into paying for the absurd claims of opportunistic Maheshism. *If something good happens, we are responsible; otherwise, we blame people for being negative.*
Butt-bouncing for whirrled peas. Like Steve said, eventually people will figure it out. I don't know, however, if the Maheshites' claims about the MishMash Effect are, as you say, 'un-falsifiable'. Quite a lot got written by actual scientists almost as soon as the TMO published. If I can find any of those documents, I'll add them to the TMO the Odd Side in the Files section. G --- In [email protected], "curtisdeltablues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Like many aspects of the TM movement beliefs, the 1% claims are > carefully worded so they are un-falsifiable. This is a common trick > with groups making absurd claims. Because they are choosing what to > pay attention to in huge amounts of sociological data, they can make > it seem like either "something good is happening" or "something is > purifying in the environment". On a smaller scale this is played out > with the claim that TM makes you feel better in every way, unless it > doesn't, which is termed unstressing. They are only fooling > themselves with this transparent tactic. > > Fairfield people are nice, ordinary folks with all the same social > problems common to their age demographic. Nothing special after > decades of devotion to this practice. The same mix of idiots and > geniuses you find everywhere else. They aren't better in any way, but > I don't think they are worse either. Just an odd belief system in a > group of mostly optimistic people. I think you would have to look > long and hard to find another one as whacked as your ex seemed to be. > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Bill (William)Simmons" > <unclewas@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], Robert Gimbel <babajii_99@> > > wrote: > > > > > > Maharishi Maheshi Yogi's life work; > > > Has culminated in this theory, > > > It's called 'The Maharishi Effect'. > > > It says; > > > That TM meditators, have an effect; > > > When in transendental deep meditation- > > > That effects the rest of the population; > > > (Yes, I know this sounds absurd) > > > > > > Robert, interesting theories and given that these theories are the > > culmination of MMY's life work. Is it safe to say Fairfield itself > > being the home of the TM movement, the univeristy and so many Tm > > meditators is a community in a state of bliss. Does Fairfield enjoy a > > 0% crime rate. 0 % domestic disputes and a 0% incidence of the > > various other types of social problems that plague other communities > > with a fraction of the population of meditators. > > > > Yes Robert to use your own words this does sound absurd. > > > > If MMY can bring peace to a community with (I think I saw a claim of > > 1% of the population meditating). Then given Fairfields pop. of a > > mere 10,000 people there must be zero reportable incidences in your > > community with such a large population of TM meditators,,,how could > > it possibly be anything but,,,it is afterall a culmination of MMY's > > life work. > > > > Does Fairfield have a zero percent crime rate,,,oh hell lets just say > > a zero percent VIOLENT crime rate??? > > > 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/
